# data[].attributes.body
Der Beginn der Karriere von Corín Tellado

María del Socorro Tellado López, bekannt als Corín Tellado, war eine berühmte spanische Schriftstellerin. Ihr bevorzugtes Genre war der Liebesroman. Corín Tellado wurde am 25. April 1927 in Viavélez, Asturien, geboren. Als sie ein kleines Mädchen war, las sie viele Bücher, hauptsächlich Romane von Alexandre Dumas und Balzac. Einige Jahre später begann sie zu schreiben. Im Jahr 1945 wusste der Buchhändler, der sie mit Büchern versorgte, dass Corín Romane schrieb. Er brachte sie mit dem Verlag Bruguera in Kontakt, der ihren ersten Roman „Atrevida apuesta“ (Gewagtes Unterfangen) veröffentlichte. Sie haben ihr 3000 pesetas bezahlt.

Sie wurde innerhalb kurzer Zeit berühmt

Seitdem, veröffentlichte der Verlag Bruguera jeden Woche einen kurzen Roman (nicht mehr als 100 Seiten) von Corín Tellado. Sie war sehr produktive, weil sie in zwei Tagen einen Roman schreiben konnte. Ihre Romane waren ein Riesenerfolg und im Jahr 1951 unterzeichnete sie einen Vertrag mit der Zeitschrift Vanidades, die in Lateinamerika sehr bekannt war, um ihre Romane zu veröffentlichen. Die Auflage stieg von 16.000 auf 68.000 Exemplare, alle zwei Wochen. Daher wurden ihre Romane vom Franco-Regime zensiert, weil sie sowohl romantisch als auch erotisch waren. Im Jahr 2021 wurden die Rechte an ihren Romanen für die Verfilmung und andere audiovisuelle Formate abgetreten.

Die Straße mit ihrem Namen

Im Jahr 1951 zog sie nach Gijón, wo sie fortan bis zu ihrem Tod im Jahr 2009 lebte. Im Jahr 1962 erklärte die UNESCO, dass Corín Tellado nach Cervantes die meistgelesene Autorin war. Zu ihren Ehren wurde eine Straße nach ihr benannt. Diese Straße befindet sich im Stadtteil Viesques. Hier findet man hauptsächlich Wohnungen.

https://share.google/YqSwbpagVArjWRFTM

# data[].attributes.body
Sie gründete die erste Volksuniversität.

Sie verfügte über eine Bibliothek für Erwachsene, eine Kinderbibliothek sowie ein pädagogisches Kino, außerdem organisierte Conde Veranstaltungen wie Tagungsprogramme, Kunstausstellungen etc.

Als der Bürgerkrieg begann, schloss sich ihr Mann den Truppen der Zweiten Spanischen Republik an. Carmen folgte ihm durch mehrere andalusische Städte, aber sie kehrte nach Cartagena zurück, um sich um ihre Mutter zu kümmern.

Am 28. Januar 1979 wurde sie zum numerischen Mitglied der Real Academia Española gewählt, nahm den „K“-Sitz und hielt ihre Einführungsrede mit dem Titel Poesía ante el tiempo y la inmortalidad (Poesie vor der Zeit und Unsterblichkeit).

https://share.google/B2aBtbuGDD3TrphhL

# data[].attributes.body
Elle est née à Gijón en 1920 et décédée en 1996 dans la même ville.

Elle a étudié la philosophie et les lettres, section histoire, à l'université de Madrid.

Elle a enseigné pendant 44 ans dans des écoles privées de Gijón, les Ursulines et l'Assomption, et pendant sept ans au lycée Jovellanos.

Luisa Balanzat a cultivé tout au long de sa vie son autre grande passion, l'écriture. Elle était une chroniqueuse reconnue dans les journaux El Comercio et La Voluntad. Elle a également été chroniqueuse dans le Hoja del Lunes de Gijón, sa rubrique était connue sous le nom de « El mundo de Luisa Balanzat ».

Participante assidue à de nombreux salons littéraires, elle en organisait même certains chez elle, où elle faisait preuve de toute sa perspicacité et de sa grande capacité intellectuelle

Son travail d'enseignante a marqué tous ceux qui sont passés par ses salles de classe.

En 2001, la mairie de Gijón lui a dédié une rue qui porte son nom.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/kE64K1f2tHy8t2Sr6

Mila Madiedo Hontañón

# data[].attributes.body
Ada Lovelace (nata Ada Byron), fu la figlia di Lord Byron e sua moglie, la matematica Annabella Milbanke, ma non ebbe nessun legame con suo padre. Fin da piccola, Ada ebbe molti problemi di salute, nonostante continuò a studiare matematica e scienza. Qualche anno dopo, Ada incontrò Charles Babbage e rimase affascinata delle sue idee. Iniziò a studiare i metodi di calcolo realizzabili con la macchina differenziale e la macchina analitica e descrisse la macchina come uno strumento programmabile. Molti anni dopo la sua morte, le sue note vennero considerate il primo vero software. Nel 1979, il Dipartimento della Difesa degli Stati Uniti chiamò un linguaggio di programmazione "Ada" in suo onore.

Dal 2009 ogni secondo martedì di ottobre si celebra la giornata internazionale di Ada Lovelace, una data scelta per commemorare i risultati ottenuti nelle discipline STEM dalle donne.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eZaLFNw1dJABPLpo7

Sonia Pérez Araújo

# data[].attributes.body
Nacque a Sevilla in 1859 in una famiglia di intellettuali: architetti, medici, scrittori e storici. Per questo ebbi accesso a una formazione accademica molto ricca in stimoli e opportunità. Per lei la famiglia fu una referenza culturale importante, ma pronto fu consapevole che le donne avevano più de difficoltà che gli uomini. Stetti legata a la Generation del 98, fu molto amica di Emilia Pardo Bazan, scrisse romanzi e poesie e partecipò in numerose pubblicazioni periodiche dell’epoca. Tra i suoi maggiori attiri risale la sua preoccupazione per le donne e per le relazioni tra la Spagna y i paesi ispanoamericani. Sono molto importante i sui lavori di critica letteraria e le sue investigazioni sopra diversi scrittori del secolo XVII come Calderon o Cervantes. Presentò la sua candidatura per la Accademia delle Lettre, ma non fu accettata, probabilmente per la sua condizione de donna. Mori il 13 de aprile di 1956 a Madrid.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/GmbwouuT4e1kos6s6

Carmela Domínguez Cuesta

# data[].attributes.body
Gloria Fuertes est une poète espagnole très connue du XXe siècle. Elle est née à Madrid en 1917 et elle a écrit beaucoup de poèmes pour les enfants et pour les adultes. Son style est simple, mais aussi profond et original. Dans sa poésie, elle parle souvent de la vie, de la solitude et de la justice. Gloria Fuertes était aussi très engagée. Elle défendait les droits des femmes et l’égalité dans la société. Elle était pacifiste et critiquait la guerre dans plusieurs textes. De plus, elle montrait du respect pour la nature et l’environnement. Avec ses poèmes, elle voulait créer un monde plus juste et plus humain.

# data[].attributes.body
She was an important Spanish biochemist and she worked with Severo Ochoa in New York. She was born in Canero (Asturias) in 1938.Her most important contribution to science was the discovery of the DNA polymerase of the virus 29. She was the first woman in the Royal Academy of Science. She was a strong advocate for the role of women in  science.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ryFTFqafyUMRzKkY9

Mónica Álvarez Sanfeliz

# data[].attributes.body
Zwischen den Parken “Salvador Allende” und “Esmeralda Maseda”, die wichtige Politiker waren, liegt die Straße, die Carmen Martín Gaite gewidmet ist. Nicht ohne politische Bezüge, ihr Werk erzählt die sozialen und kulturellen Wechsel ihrer Generation und hilft uns, unsere eigentliche Geschichte zu verstehen.

1955 gewann sie den Preis Café Gijón und 1957 den Nadal Preis. Ihre erfolgreiche Karriere machte sie mit den Preisen “Nacional de Narrativa” und “Nacional de las Letras Españolas” weiter. 1988 bekam sie auch die asturianische Anerkennung mit dem Preis “Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras”.

El balneario, El cuarto de atrás oder Caperucita en Manhattan sind ratsame Beispiele sowohl für ihre Schreibexpertise als auch für ihre vielfältigen Stilen.

https://share.google/fqVdn4yF1Ahz4M46z

# data[].attributes.body
Maria Salomea Skłodowska (Marie Curie) 1867 – 1934.

In 1885 Marie Curie wanted to go to university to study science, but she was forbidden because she was a woman.

In 1891, she moved to Paris and joined the Sorbonne University. She studied physics, mathematics, and, after graduating, science.

She discovered two new elements: Polonium and Radium. These discoveries helped science and medicine. Doctors use radiation to help people with cancer.

She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.

In 1914, during World War I, she created mobile X-ray machines that reached the front lines, saving 500,000 soldiers. She was one of the first women to obtain a driver's license.

Marie Curie died in 1934, but her discoveries still help people today. She helped the whole world

https://maps.app.goo.gl/HUvjjUanpiUkBQpv8

# data[].attributes.body
María Zambrano was one of the most original Spanish thinkers of the twentieth century. Born in Vélez-Málaga in 1904, she devoted her life to philosophy and writing. Today her name can be found in many streets across Spain, including one here in Gijón.

Zambrano was part of the intellectual world of the Generation of 1927. She supported the Spanish Second Republic and, after the Civil War, she was forced into exile in 1939. For many years she lived in different countries, where she continued writing and also worked as a teacher. She finally returned to Spain in 1984. In time, her work received great recognition, including the Prince of Asturias Award in 1982 and the Cervantes Prize in 1989.

From a very young age she felt a deep attraction to philosophy. When people asked her why she wanted to study it, she answered simply that she could not stop thinking.

Her work explored a special way of understanding human life. She believed that reason alone was not enough. Thought also needs memory, imagination and poetry. For this reason she spoke of poetic reason. In her writings we often find ideas such as method, shipwreck, delirium, memory, light and poetry.

Some of her most important books are Filosofía y Poesía, El Hombre y lo Divino, Persona y Democracia, Claros del bosque and Los bienaventurados. Through them, María Zambrano invites us to think more deeply about history, democracy and the human soul.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JCJjFgLgFHszZjXG9

# data[].attributes.attachment_caption
“The power of her presence on stage was electrifying” said her biographers. 

# data[].attributes.body
Margarita Xirgu i Subirà was born on 18 June 1888 in Molins de Rei, Spain. Barcelona was where she started her theatrical career in 1906, becoming one of the best tragic actresses oh the 20th century.

She was also the muse of Federico Garcia Lorca, on whom she bet and made known his work, when no one believed in him.

When Franco came to power in Spain (1939), Margarita lived in Argentina for three years, but her political engagement to the left the defense of freedom and its ideas on women´s equality, made Franco banish her in perpetuity.

She was married twice, although there was a rumor of having relations with a woman. The marriages could hide the true relationship because it was unacceptable, at that time in a woman.

She died in Montevideo in 1969, and her remains were sent her hometown in 1988.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NaXsSSRkE2trynNw6

Francisco Javier Zaeta Torrijo

# data[].attributes.body
Gabriela Mistral était une poétesse chilienne. Elle est née sous le nom Lucila de María Godoy Alcayata, le 10 Javier 1957. Elle a reçu le prix Nobel de littérature en 1945. Elle était d’origine modeste et son premier emploi fut professeure. Elle se rend au Mexique en 1922 et les changements sociaux qui s’opèrent dans ce pays l’inspirent à se lancer  dans l’écriture.

En 1910 elle a  écrit  ses célèbres “Sonnets de la mort”. Le 12 décembre 1914 elle a remporté les jeux floraux du Chili pour CES sonnets et sous le Pseudonyme de Gabriela Mistral. Depuis lors, elle a utilisé ce nom.

“La désolation “ fut son premier œuvre chef-d’œuvre en 1922 et a publié à New York. En 1923, au Mexique, une statue a été inaugurée en son honneur. En 1927, à Paris, elle a écrit sur les droits à la santé, á l’éducation et à l’enfance. À Partir de 1933, elle travaille comme diplomate, voyageant à travers le monde.

Le prix Nobel a été pour récompenser son œuvre  lyrique, qui inspire des émotions puissantes, et comme Symbole des aspirations idéalistes de l’Amérique latine.

Gabriela Mistral est décédée d’un cancer du pancréas en  1957. Ses restes reposent à Santiago, Chili.

https://share.google/5bxn4pNXgM2jpZBAW

# data[].attributes.body
Rigoberta Menchú is an important activist from Guatemala. She was born in 1959 into a poor Indigenous family. From a very young age, she saw injustice, racism, and violence. For this reason, she decided to defend human rights.

During the Guatemalan civil war, several members of her family died. As a result, her life changed completely. However, she did not stay silent. Instead, she spoke about the suffering of Indigenous people and poor communities.

One curious fact is that her first language was Quiché, so she learned Spanish later. In addition, she became one of the best-known Indigenous women in the world.

In 1992, she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks to her work, many people around the world learned about the problems of Indigenous communities. She also defended women’s dignity, equality, and education.

Therefore, her contribution to humanity was very important, because she gave a voice to oppressed people and promoted peace, justice, and human rights.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Qg9Sk8cThZbQXdK8

# data[].attributes.body
Julia Alcayde y Montoya was an Asturian painter who specialised in painting still lifes and portraits.

She was born in Gijon but she moved to Madrid as a child. She studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid.  She exhibited regularly at the Spanish National Exhibition of Fine Arts where she won multiple awards.

She holds the distinction of being the first Asturian female artist to have work included in the Prado Museum and also housed at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, the Casa Museo de Jovellanos and Museums in cities such as Zurich, Berlin and Chicago.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uQkgNkUj3ChhmCAx9

# data[].attributes.body
Josefa de Jovellanos y Jove Ramírez was born in Gijón in 1745. She was the fourth and youngest sister of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. She married very young to Domingo González de Argandona, who was the General Procurator at the Court of the Principality of Asturias.

Later, the couple moved to Madrid, where they had three daughters: Vicenta and María Isabel, who died when they were children, and Gertrudis, who died shortly after her father in 1774.

After the sad death of her husband and daughters, she left her comfortable life in the capital and began to dedicate her time to teaching poor people and doing charitable work.

She returned to Gijón and, at the age of 48, she entered the monastery of the Discalced Augustinian Recollect Mothers in Cimadevilla. There, she also created a school for disadvantaged girls. She died in 1807.

She is considered the first woman known to have written in the Asturian language.

https://share.google/NauCAYnlcaTdlKMpx

# data[].attributes.body
There is a street in Gijon which receives the name of Corín Tellado. This woman, born in Asturias and who lived most of her time in Gijón, was a famous writer. She wrote more than 4,000 romantic novels which have been translated into 27 languages. She was able to sell more than 400 million copies of her novels, more than authors like Stephen King o Paulo Coelho. This made her enter in the Guinness Book of Records. She wrote romantic novels based on simple humble women’s daily life, their loves, what they would like to get and how difficult it was for them to get these. She added some sexual spice, which was treated very kindly and elegantly, but even so she had to face the censors and see how her novels were removed from sale in several occasions due to censorship. Even so, some of her novels were taken to the cinema and many women with low purchasing power could enjoy the serials on the radio. She was a good woman who not only devoted her life to what she liked, “writing”, but also helped her family, since neither her parents nor other relatives had good paid jobs. She lived away from her husband but she didn’t divorce. Her husband didn’t have any work and he didn’t want to look for any job at all, therefore she looked after their two children and gave them a good education. She died in 2009 from a stroke after a year of dialysis treatment, but luckily one of Gijon’s streets honours her memory.

https://share.google/PpuodqMBZPwYDgDJj

# data[].attributes.body
PHILOLOGIST and WRITER

(Infiesto 1912 - Madrid 1995)

*In her childhood she attended the school in Torazo

*At the age of 10 she moved to Madrid with her family

*She studied Philology at the  “Complutense”

*Her teachers were writers of the “Generación del 27”

*The Civil War interrumpted her studies and she worked as a military nurse

*Then she returned to university in Madrid and Coimbra

*Her Doctoral Thesis was directed by Dámaso Alonso

*She was a teacher in Argentina, Mexico, USA and Denmark

*Member of  the “Real Academia Española” since 1986

*She has left us great works of research, poetry, novels, compilations of proverbs and folktales, as well as  “Montesín”, the first children’s tale written in Bable  and which gives its name to the award created in her honour and named after her in 2008

“Vamos, Montesín, fay daqué por ti mesmu. Pa que podiamos vete medráu, col to tiempu desvelau. L’ añu que vien equí mesmu, co los to cuernos crecíos, com’ un corciu bien tresnau y bien curiosu, juerte com’ un robecu. Si non, ¿qué vamos facer?”

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t2ytotguo491cwPF8

# data[].attributes.body
Secondo la tradizione, nel 1650 alcuni marinai baschi, durante una tempesta, chiesero protezione alla loro patrona, la Vergine di Begoña, promettendo dedicargli una capella sulla prima terra che avessero toccato (Gijón). Con il tempo, si spostò nella posizione attuale.

Nel 1875, il passeggio era noto come Paseo de Alfonso XII. A partire dal 1931, comincia a chiamarsi fino oggi Paseo de Begoña, luogo simbolico dedicato a questa immagine così cara alla città.

Frequentato sia dai locali che dai turisti e rappresenta un punto di incontro tra cultura e spiritualità.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ziDSfVCbSyLfB6pt7

# data[].attributes.body
Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885) was a Spanish poet and novelist. She is considered the founder of modern Galician literature and a key figure of the 19th century, belonging to Post-Romanticism, she was of great influence on later movements such as Modernism or The Generation of 27.

Her most important works include: ‘La hija del mar’ (1859) ‘Cantares Gallegos’ (1863) ‘Follas Novas’ (1880) ‘En las orillas del Sar’ (1884). She wrote both in Galician and Spanish, her works stand out for its nostalgia, sadness, sobriety, intimate style and her description of the hard life of Galicians.

She was a pioneer of feminism in Spain, using her poetry and narrative to defend the independence, dignity and equality of women, criticizing the sexist and patriarchal society of the time, and denouncing women’s double workday, the oppression of marriage and the lack of freedom for women.

‘Porque todavía no les es permitido a las mujeres escribir lo que sienten y lo que saben’  ‘ La hija del mar’ (1859)

‘Arriba / todas, rapaciñas do lugar / que o sol / i a aurora xa vos vén a despertar…’   ‘Cantares Gallegos’ (1863)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wTC4GUZNqmD9Fwbw8

# data[].attributes.body
Independent, creative and unconventional, Mallo was one of the most original artists of the Spanish avant-garde. She was born in Viveiro, Galicia, but spent an important part of her youth in Avilés, a city which influenced her early life and education. Later she moved to Madrid, where she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and became associated with the avant-garde circles of the time and with artists and writers of the so-called Generation of 27.

Mallo developed a distinctive style that combined surrealism, geometry, and vibrant colours. Her pictorical universe was rich and imaginative, her paintings explored modernity, popular festivals, urban life, and later more symbolic and cosmic themes. After the Spanish Civil War she went into exile in Latin America, especially in Argentina, where she continued her artistic career.

Today she is considered a key figure in twentieth-century Spanish art, and the most recognizable female face of the Generation of 27, although for many years her work was overlooked. Despite her connection with Asturias, there is still no street named after her in any city, something that would certainly be a fitting and valuable initiative.

https://www.lne.es/aviles/2025/05/21/colegio-marcos-torniello-pide-calle-117624129.html

# data[].attributes.headline
La Argandona – Xosefa de Jovellanos Street

# data[].attributes.subject
La Argandona – Xosefa de Jovellanos Street

# data[].attributes.body
This street is in the El Llano neighbourhood in Gijón.

The entrance is from Santa Justa Street. It ends at Rio de Oro Street.

Xosefa Jovellanos y Ramírez-Jove was born in Gijón on 4 June 1745 and died in Gijón on 7 June 1807 at the age of 62.

She was the younger sister of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos.

The name “La Argandona” came from her husband’s surname. She had three children who died when they were girls. She became a widow in 1774.

She was one of the first and most important writers in the Asturian language.

Her poems in Asturian followed the ideas of the Enlightenment, a movement of the 18th century that defended the use of reason, education, progress and the improvement of society.

She entered the convent of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters of San Juan Bautista in Gijón in 1793, where she founded a school for disadvantaged girls called “Charitable Education of Our Lady of Sorrows.”

# data[].attributes.body
Josefa de Jovellanos y Jove Ramírez (Gijón 1745 - 1807) è stata una poetessa spagnola considerata una delle più importanti poetesse in lingua asturiana. Figlia di Francisco Gregorio de Jovellanos e Francisca Apolinaria de Jove-Ramírez de Mirada e sorella di  Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos.

Si sposò molto giovane con Domingo González de Argandona, procuratore generale delle Cortes delle Asturie. La coppia si trasferì a Madrid ed ebbe tre figlie: Vicenta e María Isabel, che morirono in tenera età, e Gertrudis, che morì poco dopo la morte del padre, nel 1774.

Nel 1774 e già nella sua nativa Asturia, si dedicò all'istruzione dei bisognosi. All'età di 48 anni, entrò nel convento delle Suore Agostiniane Recollette in Cimavilla, dove divenne suor Josefa de San Juan Bautista.

Josefa de Jovellanos è nota principalmente per le sue poesie celebrative, scritte solitamente in asturiano, ed è considerata la prima autrice cronologica delle lettere asturiane. Josefa de Jovellanos denunciò le scandalose disuguaglianze che vedeva intorno a sé:

De fame anda la xente espavorida;

lles llágrimes ñon más tien por vianda,

y ñon pueden a cuestes cola vida.

Il premio per il romanzo in lingua asturiana attualmente più prestigioso e longevo porta il suo nome: il Premio Xosefa Xovellanos

Il Comune di Gijón ha deciso di dedicare una strada della città alla scrittrice asturiana con el suo nome  Josefa de Jovellanos ( L´Argandona”)

Google maps : https://n9.cl/ouv10j

# data[].attributes.body
Margarita Salas was an important Spanish scientist who made a great contribution to modern science. She was born in Canero (Asturias) in 1938. She dedicated her life to research in molecular biology. Her worked in the Severo Ochoa’s team. With her research helped scientists understand DNA better and improved many techniques used in laboratories.

Because of that, it became easier to study very small amounts of genetic material. This has been very useful in areas such as medicine, biology and scientific investigation.

Margarita Salas is also an important example for society. At a time when there were not many women in science, she showed that women can achieve great things in scientific research. Nowadays, her career inspires new generations of students, especially girls, to study science. She reminds us that women scientists are essential for progress and for building a more equal and innovative society.

https://share.google/rReFJgxCTWKwqDRwZ

# data[].attributes.body
Hypatia was born on the 4th century A.C. and she grew up in the famous Alexandria Museum. She didn’t want to get married in order to apply for study. She gathered round her many powerful and wise people who attend her lectures and seminars and she became very influent on the State decisions.

However, as Emperor Theodosius had banned all pagan demonstration after he made Christianism the only religion in the Empire, and Alexandria Museum was a pagan institution, Hipatia was kidnapped at the age of sixty by a crowd of Bishop’s followers. She was accused of being a witch, tortured and killed in a church. Her body was burnt, as well as her writings. The name of that Bishop was Cirilo and he is considered a Saint by the Christian church.

https://share.google/nb38KBaMiE3YNAQnt

# data[].attributes.body
BLANCA ÁLVAREZ GONZÁLEZ

É nata a Coaña, a settembre nel 1957 ed é morta a Oviedo il 14 febbraio 2021.

É Laureata in Filosofia Spagnola é diplomata in Lavoro Sociale. É stata giornalista, scrittrice e poetessa, anche professoressa di Letterattura per studenti delle scuole superior, suprattutto femminili.

Ha scritto deglia articoli sui giornali "As" e "La Nueva España".

Ha vinto diversi premi:

Premio Ala Delta, Premio Internazionale di Poesia, Premio Cálamo, Premio White Ravens, due premi Biblioteche Nazionali del Venezuela come il miglior libro edito in spagnolo, Premio della Critica, Premio Anaya di Letterattura infantile e giovanile e finalista Premio Lazarillo.

Ci ha lasciato un'ereditá importante come scrittrice con uno stile proprio.

No c'é una estrada con il suo nome ma espero che in un futuro prossimo ci sarà.

# data[].attributes.body
She was an actress,photographer, and political activist.

Tina Modotti was born in 1896 in Italy. When she was a teenager, she moved to the US and she worked as an actress in Hollywood. In 1923 she returned to Mexico and worked with the photografer Edward Weston. She took photos of workers, women and poor people, as she believed in justice and supported worker’s rights. One of her creations, titled “Woman with flag”, appeared in 1931 to celebrate Labour day. Tina was also a member of the comunist party. She was friends with important artists like Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera inmortalised them together in "The Arsenal". Exiled from Mexico, she lived in the Soviet Union. She no longer took photographs.

Having become an agent of the Komintern, she traveled to Spain during the Spanish Civil war to help the Republican side. She set up a tuberculosis hospital, collaborated with the International Brigades and was one of Pasionarias’s trusted nurses when she was ill with Hepatitis. She died in 1942 in Mexico. She was buried wrapped in a flag with the hammer and sickle, and Pablo Neruda dedicated a poem to her that ended up being her epitaph.

# data[].attributes.body
Born in Quirós (Asturias) in 1968, she was a Civil Guard officer stationed at the Sallent de Gállego barracks (Huesca). She was murdered by the terrorist group ETA with a car bomb attached to her official vehicle as she was about to begin her daily patrol on August 20, 2000. She was the first female Civil Guard officer killed by the terrorist group. Known for her kindness and compassion, she was well-loved by both her colleagues and the people of the town where she served.

An only child, she arrived in Gijón as a young girl with her parents, Ángeles and José Antonio. She attended La Asunción school in Gijón. Besides being a great friend, she was a good student and an even better classmate.

She studied to be a Laboratory Technician, but decided to dedicate her life to serving others by joining the Civil Guard in 1995. She had been stationed in Huesca for three years when terrorists took her life at the age of 32.

The National Court sentenced her murderer to 75 years in prison on August 2, 2004.

Beyond the cold statistics already mentioned, Irene was much more than just a statistic in ETA's murders. Irene was a cheerful and smiling person, the kind of person whose presence on the horizon guaranteed a great day. A true friend, she never hesitated to offer a smile that would make you feel welcome. She was selfless and always ready to lend a hand in any way she could.

Truly, she was a woman difficult to forget.

# data[].attributes.body
“Maricuela”, after the main character she played in a theatrical drama, was born in Blimea in 1918 and she died in Gijón in 2024, at the age of 105.

She was the last “militiawoman” alive and an historic socialist activist, who defended the Second Republic, fought against the Franco dictatorship and, all her life, for equality, freedom and social justice.

At the age of 17, she joined the JS of Carbayín. She was a “militiawoman” in Colloto and in Oviedo during the Spanish Civil War. She was 4 years in prison (1937-1941), in Oviedo and in Motrico (Guipuzcoa). She continued her political role in exile in France (57 years) and in Spain from 2004 until her death.

She wrote two books and opened a Facebook account, at the age of 95, to share her experiences.

She was honoured in her old age and posthumously for a lifetime of activism.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zUVHzuqEnCZnqsWz6

# data[].attributes.body
Sa vie personnelle

Eulalia de Llanos Noriega est née à Gijon en 1809 et elle est morte en 1865. Elle appartenait à une famille noble asturienne. Ses parents s’appelaient Bernardo de Llanos Cifuentes et Antonia Noriega Robledo. Elle avait quatre sœurs et trois frères et elle était très proche de sa sœur Teresa. Elle vécut aussi à Corao, où elle menait une vie paisible entourée de nature. À une époque où les femmes avaient peu d’accès à l’éducation, elle se forma en grande partie de manière autodidacte. Influencée par le poète Manuel José Quintana, elle développa très tôt une passion pour la littérature. Femme indépendante et aux idées libérales, elle refusa un mariage de convenance.

Son œuvre et sa personnalité

Eulalia de Llanos était une femme cultivée, grande amatrice de musique et de littérature. Elle organisait des « soirées » de lecture. Elle s’intéressait aussi à l’histoire et à la géographie et éprouvait une véritable passion pour la poésie. Elle participa activement à la vie culturelle de Gijón et écrivit des poèmes pour des hommages et des cérémonies. Elle composa également des poésies religieuses. Certains textes furent publiés dans des revues, comme le poème “Viaje aéreo” en 1846. Après sa mort, sa sœur Teresa publia ses poèmes dans un recueil intitulé “Colección de composiciones poéticas” en 1871.

Son héritage

Aujourd’hui, la ville de Gijón lui rend hommage : une rue porte son nom pour rappeler l’importance de cette poétesse asturienne.

NATALIA GARCIA SOTO

https://share.google/M4sGpWJ6caUDoQmtu

# data[].attributes.body
Rosario Trabanco is a Spanish cultural activist and writer from Gijón, Spain. She is known for her work promoting Asturian culture, language, and traditions. Rosario Trabanco has dedicated many years to defending and spreading Asturian identity. She has participated in cultural associations and initiatives that aim to protect the Asturian language and heritage. Through her work, she has helped people become more aware of the importance of regional culture in modern society. In addition to her cultural activism, she has also written articles and texts related to Asturian history and traditions. Her work often focuses on preserving local customs and encouraging younger generations to value their cultural roots. Rosario Trabanco is respected in Asturias for her commitment to culture and community. Her efforts have contributed to keeping Asturian traditions alive and strengthening the cultural identity of the region. Today, she continues to be an important voice in the promotion of Asturian culture.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NqQQtnjSynhzpvQr5

# data[].attributes.body
Betty Friedan è nata nel 1921 negli Stati Uniti.

È stata una giornalista, scrittrice, psicologa e attivista del movimento femminista.

Nel 1963 ha pubblicato La mistica della femminilità, in cui criticava degli atteggiamenti profondamente radicati, in particolare l'idea che le donne possono sentirsi realizzate solo come mogli e matri.

Lei crede che le donne siano capaci di svolgere attività non tradizionalmente considerate femminili e che quella idealizzazione gli impeda di competere con gli uomini sui posti di lavoro e anche nella vita sociale.

Nel 1966 ha fondato la Organizzazione Nazionale delle Donne, che promuoveva la parità di genere. È stata una delle fondatrici della Assemblea politica nazionale delle donne, che aveva lo scopo di aumentare la partecipazione delle donne nella politica, l'amministrazione e nel governo. Ha inoltre contribuito all'organizzazione del Congresso Internazionale Femminista e della prima banca per le donne nel 1973.

È stata professoressa all'università e ha scritto un'infinità di libri su temi femminili, tra cui sono Changed My Life (1976), The Second Phase (1981), The Fountain of Age (1993) e la sua autobiografia, Life So Far.

Pur promuovendo le idee femministe, critica quelli che vogliono che il movimento venga radicalizzato o che attaccano uomini e altre donne che scelgono uno stile di vita tradizionale.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xBiubEyX1rcP3vJ1A

# data[].attributes.body
El Llano is the neighborhood where I work. Its citizens and its streets are very familiar to me.

María Josefa, Zoila and Ana María streets are some of them. These streets are named after daughters of Marcelino González García.

Marcelino González García was a wealthy Asturian indiano. He made his fortune in Cuba. He returned to Gijón where he bought a place known as Llano del Medio and following his Masonic ideals, Marcelino urbanized the area for the workers. He built buildings at low prices.

The names of three of his daughters from his first marriage, Mª Josefa, Ana María and Zoila became three streets in the neighborhood.

Marcelino had two sons, Julio and Marcelino, with his second wife, Eulalia García, and he also gave their names who to three other streets. The street with his son Marcelino’s name was the only one that included his surname.

After all these years, these streets (María Josefa, Julio, Ana María, Zoila, Pedro Pablo, Santa Rosalía, Eulalia Álvarez, Leoncio Suarez and Marcelino González) keep the same names that Marcelino gave them, although he doesn’t have his own street.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uba2rzfFNB8tDyr79

Ana Isabel Gómez

# data[].attributes.body
María Moliner was born in Zaragoza into a well-off family. Her two siblings and she went to university. Her family lived in Madrid from 1902 to 1915, then they returned in Zaragoza because their father abandoned them.

In 1922 she started working as archivist for the state in the Archive of Simancas and, after that, in the Archive of Murcia. There she met her future husband, M. Fernando Ramón y Ferrando who was a professor of phisics. They had four children and during her life in Murcia and Valencia she worked passionately in the cultural endevours born of the spirit of the Second Republic.

After the Civil Spanish war, she lost her job despite the positive reports about her and she chopped 18 places in the civil servant’s places. She returned to work in the Archive of Valencia and in 1946 the family returned to Madrid where she begun working in the Library of the school of Industrials Engineers.

In 1950 she started working for 15 years in her famous dictionary: The dictionary of Spanih usage. It was an organic dictionary with a subject index, where each word appears to be grouped into etymoligical families.

She was nominated to occupy a seat in the RAE but she wasn’t awarded because she was a woman. Anyway, her work was later recognized with other awards.

She died in 1981 after six years illness.

In her memory the main reading room of the National Lybrary of Spain was named after her since 30th July 2019.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gZdyCm8NhmyrGrzKA

Mª Asunción Collada Alonso

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
María Moliner, la bibliotecaria que escribió un diccionario y se ...

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
María Moliner, la bibliotecaria que escribió un diccionario y se…

# data[].attributes.body
Clara Campoamor wurde 1888 in Madrid geboren. Sie starb im Alter von 84 Jahren in der Schweiz.

Sie war eine spanische Anwältin, Politikerin und Schriftstellerin. Sie verteidigte die Rechte der Frauen. Sie schaffte, dass das Frauenwahlrecht akzeptiert wurde.

Sie floh wegen des Krieges in die Schweiz.

Vorher studierte sie in Rechtswissenschaft. Sie schrieb einige Bücher. Und sie war auch Bürgermesiterin von Madrid.

https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4030371539946926182&g_mp=CiVnb29nbGUubWFwcy5wbGFjZXMudjEuUGxhY2VzLkdldFBsYWNlEAEYASAB&hl=es&gl=ES&source=embed

# data[].attributes.body
La Rose Roux aux Asturies, naissance à León et mort aux Asturies pendant la révolution de 1934, près de l’église San Pedro de los Arcos en Oviedo. Le 13 octobre, elle a défendu seule l’avancée de l'ennemi, avec une mitrailleuse, ce qui a fait qu'elle soit tuée.

Aida Lafuerte est une héroïne, un symbole de la liberté et de la lutte ouvrière. Elle est la protagoniste de belles chansons et de merveilleux poèmes.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/GaFgFoHi6TnjHPbQ6

# data[].attributes.body
Aida Corte è nata nel 1949 a Blimea. All'età di 19 anni si è trasferita a Parigi per lavoro. Si sentiva sempre a disagio perché si rendeva conto che le donne non venivano trattate allo stesso modo degli uomini. Nel 1968 ha conosciuto Simone de Beauvoir, che l’ha ispirata a lottare instancabilmente per la parità.

Al suo ritorno in Spagna, si è iscrita al Partito Comunista, dove ha guidato il movimiento di liberazione delle donne. È estata una delle 20 donne che hanno partecipato alla prima manifestazione a Oviedo in sostegno della libertà sessuale.

Si è anche impegnata nel "Treno della Libertà" che ha finito in una affollata protesta a Madrid contro la riforma della legge sull'aborto. Negli anni '90 ha fondato l'Associazione di Donne Fontana, organizando conferenze, corsi e dibattiti che portarono alla creazione del Forum delle Donne del Nalón, in collaborazione con altre organizzazioni femminili locali.

Ha chiesto la creazione di un centro di orientamento per le donne nel consiglio, e ha aiutato le vittime di violenza di genere ad andare avanti e a denunciare gli abusi.

Aida Corte è, in breve, una pioniera del movimento femminista della regione del Nalón.

# data[].attributes.body
The Asturian Red Rose is one of the most amazing women who ever fought against social inequalities. Her name was Aida Lafuente and she was born in León, in 1915, but she died at only 19 years in Oviedo during the Asturias insurrection of 1934. Aida belonged to the Communist youth movement. During the revolution, she collaborated with the hospital as a nurse, or helped in different activities. Regardless, on 14th October she was defending her strategic position with a Tommy gun on her own. In fact, incredibly, she could stop the enemy for hours, being completely alone. The legend tells that the attackers asked her her name, so Aida put her fist in the air and she told them: ‘Libertarian communist.’ The figure of Aida Lafuente is renowned as ‘A Spanish’s history heroine’. She is an inspiration to the feminist and worker struggles. Aida is the protagonist in several songs (by Nuberu, Nacho Vegas…) and some poems.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/GaFgFoHi6TnjHPbQ6

# data[].attributes.body
Clara Campoamor wurde 1888 in Madrid geboren. Sie starb im Alter von 84 Jahren in der Schweiz.

Sie war eine spanische Anwältin, Politikerin und Schriftstellerin. Sie verteidigte die Rechte der Frauen. Sie schaffte, dass das Frauenwahlrecht akzeptiert wurde.

Sie floh wegen des Krieges in die Schweiz.

Vorher studierte sie in Rechtswissenschaft. Sie schrieb einige Bücher. Und sie war auch Bürgermesiterin von Madrid.

https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4030371539946926182&g_mp=CiVnb29nbGUubWFwcy5wbGFjZXMudjEuUGxhY2VzLkdldFBsYWNlEAEYASAB&hl=es&gl=ES&source=embed

# data[].attributes.body
Maria Zambrano was a philosopher and writer. She was born in Málaga in 1904. Daughter of two teachers, when she was 20 years old went to study Philosopy and Letters to Madrid. Here met some famous philosophers like Ortega y Gasset who would be her major influence on her thinking .

When the spanish Civil War finished she had to emigrate to France and then to Mexico, travelling around the world the rest of her life.

She published a lot of articles and books and won many important awards like "Prince of Asturias award" or "Cervantes Award"

The criticism to modernity or their opinion of the exile were recurrent topics in her thinking.

She definetly was one of the most important philophers of history and an exceptional woman of her time.

Finally, she returned to Madrid and died with 86 years old in 1991.

# data[].attributes.body
María Moliner (1900–1981) was a Spanish librarian best known for creating the Diccionario de uso del español entirely on her own. This work is considered one of the greatest individual intellectual achievements of the 20th century and was praised for being especially complete, practical, and enjoyable. Unlike traditional dictionaries, her book focused on how words are actually used, including synonyms and examples to help people write and speak more effectively.

Moliner was a humble and disciplined woman who did not seek fame. She balanced her job, family life, and an enormous personal project, working every night to organize thousands of words. Despite being ignored by official institutions, she remained dedicated and calm, becoming a symbol of perseverance and love for culture during difficult post-war years.

She also made important contributions to society. She helped modernize libraries in Spain, promoted reading in rural areas, and supported equal access to education. Her work continues to be highly valued, with many experts considering her dictionary even more useful for writers than the official one.

https://share.google/Zi3eLNwCNL5Ul0S9e

# data[].attributes.body
Sie wurde am 2. November 1913 in Barcelona geboren. Spanische Sängerin und Flamencotänzerin, sie fing mit 6 Jahren an zu tanzen. Sie war auch eine wichtige Schauspielerin einiger Filmen, daher wurde sie schnell eine große Referenz im Flamencobereich. In Spanien war sie eine bekannte Tänzerin des 20. Jahrhunderts. Auch ihre Familie gehörte zur Volksgruppe der Gitanos (Roma) und sie trat als Kind zusammen mit ihrem Vater, einem Gitarristen, in Bars und Cafés auf, um Geld zu verdienen. In den 30er Jahren begann ihre internationale Karriere. Als der spanische Bürgerkrieg anfing, ging sie ins Exil nach Südamerika, wo sie großen Erfolg feierte. Später ist sie in die USA gefahren und wurde dort sehr berühmt, besonders im Theater oder an Veranstaltungsorten. Sie tanzte vor den USA-Präsidenten Franklin D. Roosevelt im Weißen Haus. Viele Leute sagten, sie war eine sehr energetische Tänzerin und mit einem persönlichen Stil. Sie starb am 19. November 1963 wegen einer Nierenkrankheit.

https://gijon.callejero.net/calle-carmen-amaya.html#google_vignette

# data[].attributes.body
She was a Cantabrian politician, writer,

and journalist, whose main labor was to

defend culture and women rights in the

second Spanish Republic.

Founder of Cantabrian Voices Chorus

in 1924, she was an intelectual

educator focused on improving and

modernizing techniques in education,

culture and folklore. Matilde wrote essays as “Don Quijote, rey de España”, or “El Ágora” where her support to the Liberal-

conservative system was present. Later, in 1933, she was elected as a member of parliament in Asturias with the PSOE party, that was the fisrt time women excercised the right to vote. When the Republicans were defeated, she was exiled to Mexico, where she died in 1946. This March 2026, her ashes have been brought back to Cabezon de la Sal, her hometown, as she and her neighbours had always wanted.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/C.+Matilde+de+la+Torre,+Gij%C3%B3n,+33211+Gij%C3%B3n,+Asturias/@43.516263,-5.6879039,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0xd367ce08501feb1:0x268bedb7fcb0295c!8m2!3d43.5162591!4d-5.6853236!16s%2Fg%2F1hhxnpcwy?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

# data[].attributes.body
Victoria Kent était une avocate et femme politique espagnole, la première femme à intégrer le barreau de Madrid et la première femme au monde à exercer la profession d'avocate devant un tribunal militaire.

Le gouvernement de Manuel Azaña la nomma directrice générale des prisons (1931-1934).

Elle a amélioré la nourriture des détenus, la liberté de culte dans les prisons, prolongé les permissions pour raisons familiales et créé un corps féminin d'agents pénitentiaires.

Cependant, malgré ses idées libérales, elle s'opposa au suffrage féminin parce qu'elle pensait que les femmes voteraient de manière conservatrice. Ce fait l'opposa à Clara Campoamor, qui défendait le droit de vote des femmes.

Pendant la guerre civile (1936-39), elle fut envoyée à Paris comme secrétaire de l'ambassade d'Espagne. Peu après, la Seconde Guerre mondiale éclata et elle dut se cacher pour éviter d'être capturée par la Gestapo.

Elle passa le reste de sa vie en exil au Mexique et aux États-Unis, où elle dirigea le magazine des exilés espagnols, Ibérica.

Une rue de Gijón porte son nom.

# data[].attributes.body
It was  the first  street  with a woman´s name in Gijon, located in Cimadevilla , the old fishermen´s quarter.

Maria Bandujo was a relative of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos an important man during the Spanish Illustration . Maria Gonzalez Bandujo and Gregorio Garcia Jove were the antecessor of the house of Jove y Llanos.

There is also a story about a woman , named María Bandujo , in 1574,  who started a fight  to avoid the payment of taxes for salt

In the news of 1904, we found a note about  this street: a cow  fell down from a the cliff near Santa Catalina Chapel . The  local newspaper said the cow owner  was Maria Bandujo, but  maybe  it was a mistake with the name of the street.

Maria Pelaez Tremols

https://www.google.com/maps/place/C.+Mar%C3%ADa+Bandujo,+1,+Centro,+33201+Gij%C3%B3n,+Asturias/@43.5465961,-5.6619757,632m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0xd367c68b68a99ed:0xb2c469d6819c2d76!2sC.+Mar%C3%ADa+Bandujo,+1,+Centro,+33201+Gij%C3%B3n,+Asturias!3b1!8m2!3d43.5465961!4d-5.6619757!16s%2Fg%2F11q2n90vz9!3m5!1s0xd367c68b68a99ed:0xb2c469d6819c2d76!8m2!3d43.5465961!4d-5.6619757!16s%2Fg%2F11q2n90vz9?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

# data[].attributes.body
This is the name of a square in Montevil neighbourhood in Gijón, but it's also the name of a free - thinking , brave, positive and very talented woman.

She was born in 1925 in Avilés - Asturias .

Sara was an important woman for her work and for her private life.

She was a Graduate of Romance Philology and a Doctor in Philosophy and Letters.

Sara was a teacher , a novelist, a writer, also a great researcher and wrote a lot of articles and books.

She won many awards for her literatury work .

Sara was a real fighter and always defended women's rights.

She died in 2.000 in Gijón.

Recently her husband has given her writings, notes and memories to "Tertulia Les Comadres" of which she was Vice-President. So that this association could share it with the city of Gijón and with the world.

Sara Suarez Solis

Rest in peace and in our memory forever.

# data[].attributes.body
Rosalía de Castro ( Santiago de Compostela 1837 –Padrón 1885 ) was a Spanish poet and novelist, a centralfigure of the Galician Rexurdimento and a precursor of modern Spanish Poetry.

She was born to a single mother, her upbringing shaped her sensitivity and her worldview.

She moved to Madrid in 1856, where she published her first book of Poems , La flor (The Flower). There she met her husband, whom she married and who became a key supporter of her career. She had seven children, several of them died prematurely. her life was marked by health problems and financial difficuties.

Cantares Gallegos (1863), Follas Novas (1880), En las Orillas del Sar (1884) are among her principal works.

She portrayed rural life, social injustice and the plight of Galician emigration.

She was also a pioneer of feminism.

She’s considered the greatest exponent of a Galician feeling of ‘ nostalgia and deep melancholy’ : ´La Saudade`.

In her honour , the day of the Letras Gallegas is celebrated every 17th of May.

In Gijón, we have a street in her honour, in the neighbourhood of El Natahoyo.

https://share.google/sIIWYNmS6QaLLH9tv

​​​​​​​​Paula Sánchez Alonso B1.1A

# data[].attributes.body
Victoria Kent was a Spanish lawyer and politician born in Málaga in 1892. She was an important figure in Spanish history because she was one of the first women to study Law and become a lawyer at a time when most professions were dominated by men.

During the Second Spanish Republic, she was a member of Parliament and also served as Director General of Prisons. In that role, she tried to improve prisons and the living conditions of prisoners by removing harsh punishments and promoting education and rehabilitation.

Because of her work in favor of justice, equality, and human rights, many Spanish cities have named streets and public places after her. In Gijón, a street bears her name to honor her importance in history and her efforts to build a fairer society.

# data[].attributes.body
Maria Zambrano was a philosopher and writer. She was born in Málaga in 1904. Daughter of two teachers, when she was 20 years old went to study Philosopy and Letters to Madrid. Here met some famous philosophers like Ortega y Gasset who would be her major influence on her thinking.

When the spanish Civil War finished she had to emigrate to France and then to Mexico, travelling around the world the rest of her life.

She published a lot of articles and books and won many important awards like "Prince of Asturias award" or "Cervantes Award"

The criticism to modernity or their opinion of the exile were recurrent topics in her thinking.

She definetly was one of the most important philophers of history and an exceptional woman of her time.

Finally, she returned to Madrid and died with 86 years old in 1991.

Laura López Andrade

# data[].attributes.body
Pepa Osorio was born in 1923 in Gijón, Spain, and died on 27 July 2005 in the same city. She was a Spanish painter known for her long artistic career. After the Spanish Civil War, she began her studies and developed her own style over the years. At first, she painted landscapes, but later she focused on social themes and human problems. One of her most important works is the series Testimonios de nuestro tiempo, where she reflects on modern life and technology. She is recognized for her expressive style and her interest in society. Her work changed through different stages, including religious and social themes. Today, she is considered an important artist in Asturias. In Gijón, a street has been named after her to honor her work and legacy

# data[].attributes.body
Robustiana Armiño was a Spanish poet and journalist who was born in Gijón in 1821 and died in Madrid in 1890 at the age of 68.

Her father was a pharmacist, from a modest family and Robustiana was self-taught and learned several languages by reading books.

She wrote with great sensitivity and published poems in the press from adolescence, with earned her considerable prestige.

At the age of 22, she attended the Artistic and Literary Academy of Gijón, founded in 1842 by Plácido Jove, a low student who published some of Robustiana’s poems in the magazine he directed in Madrid.

Robustiana married at age 27 to the doctor and specialized journalist Juan de la Cuesta and they had four children, living in Salamanca.

She was in contact with writers of the time, co-authoring some of their works.

In 1959 the couple moved to Madrid where she continued to collaborate with the press and she was invited to participate in the “Poetic Crown” with several writers such as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer and Pedro Antonio Alarcón among others.

She was the first woman in Spain to practice journalism on her own, founding the weekly magazine Ecos del Auseva, later renamed The Family, to wich Queen Isabella II subscribed. Others newspapers and weekly publications also had his collaboration.

In 1990, a street in Gijon was named in her honor.

By Pilar Ortiz

# data[].attributes.body
She was born in 1865 and died in 1932. Considered the first business woman in the Hospitality Industry of Gijón, at first she ran Casa Serafa, in Villamanin, Somió, and in 1891 she moved the business to the city's current mythical restaurant, a stone house with a garden patio very appreciated in summer. This place takes its name from her nickname, La Pondala, which comes from her husband's last name, José Pondal. Currently the restaurant that bears her name, highly valued among the people of Gijón, still follows María's recipes and, after five generations, you can eat excellent rice, fish and seafood. It has two special dishes that you cannot miss trying. The Lobster “Salpicon” and the Roastbeef with potato parmentier. Both highly requested, they must be reserved in advance and they always fully satisfy diners.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FK9ECVWb67swy2dZ7

Rafael Muedra Font