The municipality includes the Tito Bustillo Cave (Cueva de Tito Bustillo), known for prehistoric wall paintings of animals and figures, probably dating from the Magdalenian age (29,000 years ago).
It's include in the Unesco World Heritage SIte Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain.

The first written references to the settlement are more recent, and date from the first century BC.
These come from the Greek geographer Strabo, who speaks of the River "Noega" separating "the Astures of Cantabrians".
The people of Ribadesella at this time were called the Salaenos: they dominated Colunga, Arriondas and Llanes.
The municipality includes the Tito Bustillo Cave (Cueva de Tito Bustillo), known for prehistoric wall paintings of animals and figures, probably dating from the Magdalenian age (29,000 years ago). It's include in the Unesco World Heritage SIte Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain.
The first written references to the settlement are more recent, and date from the first century BC. These come from the Greek geographer Strabo, who speaks of the River "Noega" separating "the Astures of Cantabrians". The people of Ribadesella at this time were called the Salaenos: they dominated Colunga, Arriondas and Llanes.
Ribadesella