Spanish Royal Family Presents 2026 Exemplary Village of Asturias Award in Llanes to Fishermen's Guild
Spain's Royal Family travelled on October 24 to the port of Llanes, in the Principality of Asturias, to present the 2026 Exemplary Village of Asturias Award to the Santa Ana Fishermen's Guild, worth 40,000 euros. King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía attended, accompanied by the President of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas.
In its 36th edition, the award went for the first time not to a village but to a fishermen's guild closely tied to local fishing and community life.
The royal party boarded the fishing vessel Nuevo Sandra María to learn about artisanal and inshore fishing. At the Santa Ana chapel, Princess Leonor was named an honorary fisherwoman of the guild and received a gold medal.
The Exemplary Village of Asturias Award, created by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, is presented each year on the day after the Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony to honour a local community for its outstanding contribution to preserving and promoting cultural, natural or social values.
Source: Royal Household of Spain
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Photo: 图：阿斯图里亚斯 Llanes 港。McBodes 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 3.0。 / Photo: The port of Llanes, Asturias. Photo by McBodes, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
