Jurassic Museum of Asturias
The Jurassic Museum of Asturias is located in the area of Rasa de San Telmo near the parish of Llastres in the municipality of Colunga, Asturias, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alonso de Mendoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: paleontological museum
- Also known as: “MUJA”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llastres and Escanu beach.
Llastres
Photo: Flavio Lorenzo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llastres is a village in Asturias on the north coast of Spain. Its population is in decline, dipping below 700 in 2024, and its heyday was in the 16th / 17th century hunting whales for their oil.
Escanu beach
Beach
Photo: Flipao, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Escanu beach is situated 1½ km north of Jurassic Museum of Asturias.
Church of Santa María de Sabada
Church
Photo: Ramón, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of Santa María de Sabada is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Llastres, Asturias, Spain. Church of Santa María de Sabada is situated 1½ km north of Jurassic Museum of Asturias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llastres and La Isla.
La Isla
Hamlet
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
La Isla is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 188. La Isla is situated 4½ km southeast of Jurassic Museum of Asturias.
La Llera
Hamlet
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
La Llera is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 8 according to the INE in 2007. La Llera is situated 6 km west of Jurassic Museum of Asturias.
Jurassic Museum of Asturias
- Categories: paleontological museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Colunga Municipality, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.50106° or 43° 30′ 4″ northLongitude
-5.27407° or 5° 16′ 27″ westElevation
168 metres (551 feet)Open location code
8CMPGP2G+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 28817773OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
6941749Wikidata ID
Q1431343
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Jurassic Museum of Asturias” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Muséu del Xurásicu d’Asturies”
- Asturian: “Muséu del Xurásicu”
- Basque: “Asturiasko Jurasikoaren Museoa”
- Catalan: “MUJA”
- Catalan: “Museu del Juràsic d’Astúries”
- Catalan: “Museu del Juràssic d’Astúries”
- Dutch: “Jurassic Museum of Asturias”
- German: “Museo del Jurásico de Asturias”
- Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Jurassic na Asturias”
- Italian: “Museo giurassico di Asturia”
- Russian: “Юрский музей Астурии”
- Spanish: “MUJA”
- Spanish: “Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA)”
- Spanish: “Museo del Jurasico de Asturias”
- Spanish: “Museo del Jurásico de Asturias”
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