Puerto de Pajares

Local namePuerto de Pajares
LocationVillamanín de la Tercia, Spain

The Puerto de Pajares is a mountain pass through the Cantabrian Mountains between the provinces of Asturias and Léon, Spain. The pass has been historically important to Asturias as the lowest elevation direct route between the capital, Oviedo, and the rest of inland Spain via Léon. The pass delineated, for a time, the frontier between the Christian Kingdom of Asturias and the Moorish extent of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Today, the pass is crossed by the N-630 highway which links Oviedo and Léon, in addition to the Venta de Baños–Gijón railway which passes through a series of high elevation tunnels near the summit of the pass. The importance of the pass has diminished in recent years as the N-630 highway has been supplanted by the A-66 freeway which bypasses Puerto de Pajares through the Negrón Tunnel since 1997, 6 km to the west.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_de_Pajares

Address Carretera de la Ruta de la Plata, 24680, Spain

Coordinates 42°59'33.621" N -5°45'34.183" E

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