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Pola de Somiedo is the capital of the council of Somiedo. It also has the category of the parish, along with fourteen more parish entities that make up the council in its entirety. The council of Somiedo is located in the Principality of Asturias, in its southern area, bordering territories such as Cangas del Narcea or LeEn. Pola de Somiedo is in turn made up of three population centres, Castro, Pineda and Pola de Somiedo itself, over which around 255 inhabitants are distributed.The list that follows is a brief orientation about Pola de Somiedo, as well as an assessment of Somiedo s heritage as a whole:Parish Church of San Miguel de Pola de Somiedo.Church of San Pedro de La Riera, a work dating from the 18th century.Route through the Somiedo Natural Park, with places such as the Saliencia Lakes.Caunedo Palace, dating from the XV-XVI centuries.The environmental quality of Somiedo is evidenced by the fact that it has been a Natural Park since 1988 (the first in Asturias), and that UNESCO declared it a Biosphere Reserve in 2000.