History of Spain. Asturias. Battle of Covadonga, 722. It was the first victory won by Christian military forces in Iberia after the Islamic conquest of Hispania. Defence of Covadonga. Drawing by Méndez. Engraving by A. Roca. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume III, 1855.

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