1. Avilés appears for the first time in written documents in 905. In that time the city was already very important due to its port

2. St. Nicolas de Bari church was the main building of the city in the 13th Century when 1,200 inhabitants lived in Avilés

3. In the middle age Avilés had a lot of activity but by the end of this period of history the city was in decline

4. Avilés took part in the Spanish conquest of America with Pedro Menendez who was sent by King Felipe II to conquer Florida in the 16th Century

5. Avilés was occupied by French in 1809 and they left the town in 1811

6. In 1890 the train was brought to Avilés and it was the begining of our industrial development

7. In 1950 Ensidesa, a steel factory, was created by the goverment and many people came from the rest of Spain to work here

8. Nowadays Avilés is mostly an industrial city yet and its port has quite a lot of activity but it is not as important as it was in the past