The music of Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany, Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias ( Spain ) and Portugal are also considered Celtic music, the tradition being particularly strong in Brittany, where Celtic festivals large and small take place throughout the year, and in Wales, where the ancient eisteddfod tradition has been revived and flourishes.

The same is true of the music of Asturias, Cantabria, and that of Northern Portugal ( some say even traditional music from Central Portugal can be labeled Celtic ).

* Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias

It comprises 17 autonomous communities ( Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castile – La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Community of Madrid, Region of Murcia, Basque Country, Valencian Community, Navarre ) and 2 autonomous cities ( Ceuta and Melilla ).

* The oceanic climate ( Cfb ), located in north quarter of the country, especially in the region of Basque Country, Asturias, Cantabria and partly Galicia.

Sometimes, especially in northern Spain, they are also called pinchos ( pintxos in Basque ) in Asturias, in Navarre, in La Rioja ( Spain ), the Basque Country, Cantabria and in some provinces, such as Salamanca, because many of them have a pincho or toothpick through them.

Favila's death made his access to the throne possible as well as the rise to power of one of the most powerful families in the Kingdom of Asturias: the House of Cantabria.

Initially only Alphonse moved to the court in Cangas, but after the progressive depopulation of the Plateau and the Middle Valley of the Ebro, where the main strongholds of the Duchy of Cantabria such as Amaya, Tricio and City of Cantabria were located, the descendants of Duke Peter withdrew from Rioja towards the Cantabrian area and in time controlled the destiny of the Kingdom of Asturias.

The communities of Asturias, Cantabria, La Rioja, the Balearic Islands, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre, having been granted autonomy as single provinces for historical reasons, are counted as provinces as well.

The autonomous community of Asturias is bordered by Cantabria to the east, by Castile and León to the south, by Galicia to the west, and by the Bay of Biscay to the north.

Castile and León borders on Asturias and Cantabria to the north ; Aragon, the Basque Country, and La Rioja to the east ; the autonomous community of Madrid and Castile – La Mancha to the southeast ; Extremadura to the south ; and Portugal and Galicia to the west.

Northwest Spain ( Asturias, Galicia and Cantabria ) is home to a distinct musical tradition extending back into the Middle Ages.

The province shares the Picos de Europa National Park ( in the Picos de Europa mountain range ) with Cantabria and Asturias.

In Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Basque Country, province of Ávila and Northern Portugal a castro is a fortified pre-Roman Iron Age village, usually located on a hill or some naturally easy defendable place.

Born in León, he was the son of Fruela ( son of Peter of Cantabria ) and nephew of Alfonso I of Asturias.

Most of the provinces — with the exception of Álava / Araba, Asturias, Bizkaia / Vizcaya, Cantabria, Gipuzkoa / Gipúzcoa, Illes Balears / Islas Baleares, La Rioja, Las Palmas, and Nafarroa / Navarra — are named after their principal town.

Seven of the autonomous communities comprise no more than one province each: Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarre.

The great majority of the narrow-gauge lines still operated by FEVE are located along or near Spain's Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay coastline, which stretches from Galicia in the northwest, through Asturias and Cantabria to the Basque Country ( with a branch extending into Castile and León ).

The areas in northern Spain where this can be found include Asturias, Cantabria, Castile and León, and La Rioja.

There are systems other than the Cercanías in Asturias, the Basque country and Cantabria.

Unique social groups are associated with the transhumant lifestyle, and are sometimes identified as a remnant of an older ethnic culture now left in isolated minorities such as the " Pasiegos " in Cantabria, " Agotes " in Navarre, " Vaqueiros de alzada " in Asturias.

Trás-os-Montes ' musical heritage is closely related to the music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias.

The Picos de Europa ( literally: " Peaks of Europe ", often abbreviated to the Picos ) is a range of mountains 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains.

In modern-day Spain, it is usually considered to comprise a part of the autonomous community of Castile and León in the north-west, and Castile – La Mancha and Madrid in the center and the central-south-west of the country, sometimes including Cantabria and La Rioja in the north as well, for historical reasons.

It is traditionally divided between Old Castile, which is Cantabria, La Rioja and the eastern half of Castile and León and New Castile, which is Castile – La Mancha and the Community of Madrid.

The County of Castile, which originally included Cantabria ( excepting Liébana ), part of Vizcaya, most of Burgos and parts of La Rioja., became the leading force in the northern Christian states ' 800-year Reconquista (" reconquest ") of central and southern Spain from the Muslim rulers who had dominated most of the peninsula since the early 8th century.

Today many people consider that the territory traditionally regarded as Castile corresponds to the Spanish autonomous communities of Cantabria, Castile and León, Castile – La Mancha, Madrid and La Rioja.

That kingdom reached its zenith during the reign of Sancho III of Navarre and covered the area of the present-day Navarre, Basque country, and La Rioja, together with parts of modern Cantabria, Castile and León, and Aragon.

It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid.

* Cueva de La Pasiega, Cuevas de El Castillo, Cantabria, Spain

The Autrigones dwelt in the westernmost part of Biscay and Araba, extending also into the provinces of Cantabria, Burgos and La Rioja.

* 2008: La Apariencia de la Cosas ( Spanish translation by Eduardo López Truco ), Cantabria: Quálea Editorial

Memorias de algunos linages ( An Account of Some Lineages ), attributed to Mena, claims that his family came from the valley of Mena in La Montaña, a region of the northern Spanish province of Cantabria, and served under Fernando III de Castilla and his successors in the Reconquista.

Cueva de La Pasiega, Cuevas de El Castillo, Cantabria, Spain

Old Castile () is a historic region of Spain, which included territory that later corresponded to the provinces of Santander ( now Cantabria ), Burgos, Logroño ( now La Rioja ), Soria, Segovia, Ávila, Valladolid, Palencia.

With the establishment of the autonomous community of Castile and León in 1983, Castilla la Vieja lost a large portion of its separate identity ; on the one hand, it was integrated politically with León into a larger entity, and on the other hand, two of its provinces became autonomous communities in their own right: Santander became Cantabria and Logroño became La Rioja.

Even at that time large sections of it were Lusitania ( Portugal south of Douro river and Extremadura in western Spain ), Gallaecia ( Northern Portugal and Galicia in Spain ), Celtiberia ( central Spain ), Baetica ( Andalusia ), Cantabria ( northwest Spain ) and the Vascones ( Basques ).

The Cantabri in the northwest corner of Iberia ( Cantabria ) were the last people to be pacified.

They were once common men's headwear across the cooler north of the country, in regions of Navarre, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia and nearby areas.

Born in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Santillana ( nickname taken from birthplace ) started playing professionally with Racing de Santander, moving to Real Madrid and La Liga in 1971, aged just 19, and proceeding to score 10 goals in 34 games in his debut season, as Real were crowned league champions.

His other England caps were against New Zealand at Athletic Park on 8 June 1991, and against Spain at Estadio El Sardinero, Santander, Cantabria on 9 September 1992.