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Covadonga (Asturian
Asturian language

Asturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian languages, Astur-Leonese language, spoken in the Spain province of Asturias by the Asturian people....
: Cuadonga, from , "Cavern of the Lady", ) is a village in Asturias
Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
, northwestern Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, among the Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa

The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains some 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and Le?n, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains....
 mountains where Iberian Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
s won the battle
Battle of Covadonga

The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christianity military force in Iberian peninsula following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711....
 over the Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 in 722
722

Events...
 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
Reconquista

The Reconquista was a period of 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in retaking the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims....
, the 770-year effort to expel the Moors from Iberia
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. Covadonga is currently a Marian shrine.






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Covadonga (Asturian
Asturian language

Asturian is a Romance language of the West Iberian languages, Astur-Leonese language, spoken in the Spain province of Asturias by the Asturian people....
: Cuadonga, from , "Cavern of the Lady", ) is a village in Asturias
Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
, northwestern Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, among the Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa

The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains some 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and Le?n, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains....
 mountains where Iberian Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
s won the battle
Battle of Covadonga

The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christianity military force in Iberian peninsula following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711....
 over the Moors
Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
 in 722
722

Events...
 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
Reconquista

The Reconquista was a period of 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in retaking the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims....
, the 770-year effort to expel the Moors from Iberia
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. Covadonga is currently a Marian shrine. The Spanish Army
Spanish Army

The Spanish Army is one of oldest active armies in the world and a branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, in charge of land operations....
 has, over the years, named several of its units "Covadonga".

In the mountains above the town there are lakes, Lagos de Covadonga
Lakes of Covadonga

The Lakes of Covadonga are of two glacial lakes located on the region of Asturias, Spain. These lakes, usually also called Lakes of Enol, are Lake Enol and Lake Ercina located in the Picos de Europa range and they are the original center of the Picos de Europa National Park, created in 1918....
, and the road leading to the lakes is often featured in the Vuelta a Espaņa
Vuelta a Espaņa

The Vuelta a Espa?a is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tour " of Europe and part of the UCI ProTour circuit....
 bicycle race.

In 1865, during the Chincha Islands War
Chincha Islands War

The Chincha Islands War was a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru and Chile from 1864 to 1866, that began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands, part of a series of attempts by Isabel II of Spain to reassert her country's lost influence in its former South American empire....
, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 captured a Spanish ship called the Covadonga
Covadonga (ship)

The schooner Virjen de Covadonga was a ship that participated in the Chincha Islands War and the War of the Pacific, under Spanish and Chilean flags....
, at the Battle of Papudo
Battle of Papudo

The Naval Battle of Papudo was a naval engagement fought between Spain and Chile forces on November 26, 1865, during the Chincha Islands War. It was fought 55 miles north of Valparaiso, Chile, near the coastal town of Papudo....
 on November 26, 1865. Recommissioned under the same name by the Chilean Navy, the Covadonga participated in the War of the Pacific
War of the Pacific

The War of the Pacific, occurring from 1879-1883, was a conflict between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru. Also known as the "Sodium nitrate War", the war arose from disputes over the control of territory that contained substantial mineral-rich deposits....
.

See also

  • Battle of Covadonga
    Battle of Covadonga

    The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christianity military force in Iberian peninsula following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711....
  • Count of Covadonga
  • Countess of Covadonga
  • Lagos de Covadonga


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