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    The Battle of Covadonga took place in 722 between the army of Pelagius the Visigoth and the army of the Umayyad Caliphate. Fought near Covadonga, in the...
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    Lady of Covadonga/Cuadonga and commemorating the Battle of Covadonga of 718/722. The Battle of Covadonga of c. 722 was the first Christian victory in the...
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    prominence following the Battle of Covadonga in about 720, which was the first defeat of the Moors during their invasion of Spain. A statue of the Virgin Mary...
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    Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. In 718 or 722 (sources differ), Pelagius defeated an Umayyad army at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is usually...
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    of Covadonga in the municipality of Cangas de Onís. The name refers to the sanctuary, dedicated to the Virgin of Covadonga, where the first battle of...
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  • in the ensuing Battle of Covadonga. Al Qama was killed and his army dispersed and retreated from Asturias. He was probably the father of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān...
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    Goths (redirect from History of the Goths)
    leadership of the nobleman Pelagius of Asturias, who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718 and defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Covadonga in c. 722...
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    accepted. A battle was fought near Covadonga (in monte Auseva or in monte Libana) in which Alkama was killed and Oppa captured. Moorish chronicles of the event...
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    1859, and her construction cost a total of 5 million Reales de Vellón. She was named for the Battle of Covadonga - a highly symbolic event in Spanish history...
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    Moors (category Emirate of Sicily)
    the Iberian Peninsula in areas of the northwest (such as Asturias, where they were defeated at the battle of Covadonga) and the largely Basque Country...
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