Carbayo Square and Sabugo

Chapter 9/10 · Avilés

We are in Carbayo Square, the heart of Sabugo, the old quarter of sailors and fishermen. It began outside the walls, across the water. Carbayo is the Asturian word for oak, and the plaza takes its name from a great oak planted in the centre. That wood was used to build the fishing boats.

The old church of Sabugo is from the thirteenth century and mixes Romanesque with early Gothic. It is dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury, a name that, according to the town council, arrived with the ships that put in here. On its side you will see the Sailors' Table, a stone bench where the fishermen planned their fishing seasons.

And on the way back, on Calle de Carreño Miranda, do not miss La Monstrua, a bronze sculpture of Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, the woman painted by Carreño Miranda, who was born in Avilés. It is the work of the sculptor Favila. Now we head back toward the estuary and the dock.

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