Cantabria, our western neighbour provence

Cantabria  Location

Cantabria is a region which is in the north of Spain and bordering with the basque country at East, with Asturias at West and with Castile at South. Specifically, Cantabria is just here:







    History

The first reference to Cantabria was made at 195 b.C by a Roman historian. This region was the last spanish region to be conquered by the Roman Empire and required the personal presence of the Emperor Augustus Octavian to carry it out, who founded the city of Castro-Urdiales (Our city).
When the Roman Empire fell, Cantabria regained his freedom but just for about a hundred years. In the year 574 Cantabria was overrun by the Visigoths (Barbarians of northern Europe) and did not have autonomy until 1983. During the Middle Ages Cantabria resisted Arab conquest attempts which had conquered most of Spain. After a lot of year, in 1983, after Franco's fascist dictatorship, Cantabria was recognized as an autonomous region.

      
      Sports

The traditional sport of Cantabria is the bowling game called “bolo palma”. Including football, basketball, handball, 

This is the Real Racing Club´s shield. This team have played in 1st division but after several problems, fell to 2nd division last year.


   Curiosities

- Cantabria is the richest region in the world in Paleolithic sites.
- Cantabria has the largest subway system in Spain and the 6th in Europe.
- The typical food is called “cocido montañés”, literally: mountain stew.
- The first world map in the History was made by a person from Cantabria.