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Gallery (13) is in the Plaza de Europa
and is open to the public at the
following times: Tuesday to Saturday,
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 5 - 8 p.m. Sundays
and Public Holidays, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Closed Mondays. * 98 535 95 94.
A good way from the centre, though
only a short distance from Gijón itself,
there remain two tourist sights that
are a “must”. Somió, a wealthy
upper middle-class suburb, is the site
of the Evaristo Valle Art Gallery
(14) and its fine gardens, complete
with tropical trees. Opening times:
Tuesday to Saturday, 4 - 6 p.m.
Sundays and Publi Holidays, 12 -
2 p.m. * 98 533 40 00. Continuing
through Somió and taking the old
road to Santander, one comes across
the Universidad Laboral (15), a
polytechnic and agricultural col-lege,
and one of Spain’s most imposing
buildings. Granite and marble go to
form the structure’s essential
components. A good part of the
campus is open to the public.Other
points of interest: the Campa Torres
archaeological park overlooking
Gijón’s industrial harbour, El Musel.
The Campa marks the site of the first
primitive settlement of Gijón’s earliest
inhabitants. Located in the centre of
the city is the Railway Museum
(16), a retrospective look at the
history of Asturian industrialisation.
Visits can be arranged by
appointment, * 98 530 85 75. At the
Asturias Trade Fair Showgrounds a
visit can be paid to the
Ethnographic Museum of the
Asturian People (17), with its out
door recreation of rural architecture
in the Principality. In the Asturias
Pavilion is the Bagpipe (Gaita)
Museum (18), the bagpipe being the
region’s traditional musical
instrument. Opening times: Tuesday
to Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 5 -
8 p.m. Sundays, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
* 98 533 22 44.
Elogio del Horizonte (In praise of the
Horizon) sculpture by Chillida. Gijón
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