Sobrescobio

Sobrescobio (Spanish pronunciation: [soβɾesˈkoβjo]; Asturian: Sobrescubiu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain.

It is situated in the southeast section of Asturias, at the eastern limit of the Nalón mineral basin.

It forms part of the Communal Valley of Nalón, together with Langreo, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Laviana and Caso.

In 1528 Philip II sold Sobrescobio for the price of 600,000 Maravedí to the Benedictine Monastery of San Vicente of Oviedo.

During the Peninsular War General Jean Pierre François Bonet passed through Sobrescobio on the way to the Battle of Salamanca.