Arroes, Peon And Candanal Receive The Exemplary Town Of Asturias Award 2023

ARROES, VILLAVICIOSA ASTURIAS, SPAIN - OCTOBER 21: (L-R) The mayor of Villaviciosa, on 21 October, 2023 Alejandro Vega, on 21 October, 2023 King Felipe VI, on 21 October, 2023 Queen Letizia, on 21 October, 2023 Princess Sofia and Princess Leonor on their arrival at the presentation of the Exemplary Town of Asturias Award 2023, on 21 October, 2023 on October 21, on 21 October, 2023 2023, on 21 October, 2023 in Arroes, on 21 October, 2023 Villaviciosa, on 21 October, 2023 Asturias, Spain. The parishes of Arroes, Pion and Candanal, located in the council of Villaviciosa, receive this year's Exemplary Village of Asturias Award, for having managed to preserve a diversified economy based on local resources and that has allowed a recovery of the social base thanks to the growth and rejuvenation of its population. The Exemplary Town of Asturias Award has been given annually since it was first awarded in 1990 to "the town, village, population center, landscape space or human group of the Principality of Asturias that has stood out in a remarkable way in the defense and conservation of its natural and environmental surroundings, its historical, cultural or artistic heritage, in initiatives of economic and social promotion or in the realization of communal works or other outstanding manifestations of solidarity". (Photo By Jorge Peteiro/Europa Press via Getty Images)