Langreo

Langreo is a municipality and city of northern Spain, province of The Principality of Asturias. It is the 4th biggest city of Asturias with 43.000 inhabitants. Langreo is located within the centre of Asturias, approximately 20 kilometres south-east of Oviedo. It changed into an vital mining and metallurgical center. In the neighbourhood fruit and cider are produced, and there are still essential coal mines, foundries, and factories for the manufacture of coarse cloth.

According to a legend Langreo turned into the vicinity in which the Moorish governor Munuza become killed at the same time as trying to flee from Asturias at the beginning of the Reconquest. Langreo became settled by means of the Romans, who built a massive Roman bridge that isn't conserved these days. In the past, it become one of the most critical mining and metallurgical factors of Spain since the 18th century, and it became additionally well known due to workers struggles and its cultural lifestyles.

The third railway to be built inside the Iberian Peninsula become the FC of Langreo. The Factory of La Felguera changed into one of the maximum essential siderurgy facilities in Spain, and the Langreo mines become widely known in whole Spain. Because of the Spanish "Industrial Restructuring", Langreo lost its business importance, however these days it conserves vital factories like Bayer, wherein 100% of the acetylsalicylic acid of the German business enterprise is produced.