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Covadonga
Parish
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Municipality	Cangas de Onís

Covadonga (Asturian: Cuadonga, from cova domnica "Cave of Our Lady"
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) is one of 11 parishes in Cangas de Onís, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in Northwestern Spain. It is situated in the Picos de Europa mountains.
With a permanent population of 58 (2008), it consists essentially of the Real Sitio de Covadonga, also known as the "cradle of Spain", a pilgrimage site dedicated to Our Lady of Covadonga and commemorating the Battle of Covadonga of 718/722.

History

The Battle of Covadonga of c. 722 was the first Christian victory in the Iberian Peninsula over the Arabs and Berbers invading from north Africa under the Umayyad banner, and is often considered to be the start of the 770-year effort to expel Muslim rulers governing the Iberia during the Reconquista. Our Lady of Covadonga is a significant Marian shrine. The Spanish Army has, over the years, named several of its units "Covadonga".

In the mountains above the town are located the two lakes of Covadonga, Enol and Ercina, and the road leading to the lakes is often featured in the Vuelta a España bicycle race.

Sanctuary

The Sanctuary of Covandonga is a monument dedicated to Our Lady of Covadonga that commemorates the Battle of Covadonga. It comprises the

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  Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga ("Basilica of Saint Mary the Royal of Covadonga"), a church built in the 19th century to a design by Roberto Frassinelli,


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  Santa Cueva de Covadonga ("Holy Cave of Covadonga"), in which the bodies of Kings Pelagius and Alfonso I lie,


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  Collegiate church of Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, built in the 16th century and declared a Bien de Interés Cultural ("Property of Cultural Interest") in 1884,


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  Montasterio de San Pedro ("Monastery of Saint Peter"), and


• Esplanade, with the Museum of the Real Sitio de Covadonga ("Royal Site of Covadonga").

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  Basilica of Santa María la Real of Covadonga
  

  
  

  
  


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  Cueva de Santa María
  

  
  

  
  


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  Chapter House
  

  
  

  
  


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  A horse eats grass beside Lake Ercina
  

  
  

  
  

See also

• Battle of Covadonga


• Lakes of Covadonga


• Count of Covadonga


• Countess of Covadonga


• Schooner Virjen de Covadonga

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Covadonga.

• Covadonga


• Real sitio de Covadonga

Coordinates: 43°19′00″N 5°03′00″W / 43.316667°N 5.05°W / 43.316667; -5.05

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