La Santa Cueva (The Holy Cave) Covadonga, principality of Asturias, near Oviedo, North Spain. Horizontal 46443_Spain2004

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Covadonga is a village in Asturias, northwestern Spain, among the Picos de Europa mountains where Iberian Christians won the battle over the Moors in 722 AD. This was the first significant Christian victory over the occupying Moors; as such, it is often considered to be the start of the Reconquista, the 770-year effort to expel the Moors from Iberia. Covadonga is currently a Marian shrine. The Spanish Army has, over the years, named several of its units "Covadonga".

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Location: Covadonga , Asturias, northwestern Spain Europe
Photo credit: © Daniel Valla FRPS / Alamy / Afripics
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