Castro Urdiales

Castro Urdiales is a seaport of northern Spain, in the self sufficient network of Cantabria, located on the Bay of Biscay. Castro Urdiales is a contemporary city, although its citadel and the Gothic-style parish church of Santa Maria de la Asuncion, date from the Middle Ages. Its chief industries are tourism, fishing, and the upkeep of fish, specially sardines and anchovies, in oil. The "Lolin" and "La Castrena" anchovy canning factories function a reminder of the metropolis's closeness to this industry and its proximity to the sea. Although the quantity of human beings registered inside the metropolis is round 32,000, the summer population can double or even triple this figure. The town is famous because of its seashores and scenic harbor.

Castro Urdiales changed into at the start called Castronegro, and changed into the chief metropolis of the Autrigones. In AD 74 a Roman colony was hooked up beneath the call Castronegro, in the course of the reign of emperor Vespasian. It changed into most in all likelihood set up to mine the abundant iron inside the place.In 1163 the town of Castro Urdiales obtained its municipal constitution. It lay on the western tip of the coastline of Navarre till 1200, while the kingdom became invaded by using Alfonso VIII of Castile. Castro Urdiales benefited plenty from its region at a crossroads inside the exchange between northern Europe and Castile. It remained in Biscay till 1476 at least, but it is not mentioned inside the seigneury's assemblies thereafter.