El Bierzo is a comarca in the province of León, Spain. Its capital is the town of Ponferrada. Other major towns are Bembibre and Villafranca del Bierzo, the historical capital.
El Bierzo
Panoramic view of Las Médulas World Heritage Site
Peñalba de Santiago, a medieval village in Montes Aquilanos.
Leonese is a set of vernacular Romance language varieties currently spoken in northern and western portions of the historical region of León in Spain and a few adjoining areas in Portugal, where it is known as Mirandese, sometimes considered another language. In the past, it was spoken in a wider area, including most of the historical region of Leon. The current number of Leonese speakers is estimated at 20,000 to 50,000.
Conventus Asturum in the first century BC
Ad hoc "translation" into Leonese