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{{about||the eponymous sanctuary|Santa Cueva de Covadonga|the Cuban village|Covadonga (Aguada de Pasajeros)}} {{Infobox settlement | image_skyline = File:Covandoga01.jpg | name = | settlement_type = [[Parish (administrative division)|Parish]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Spain]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Asturias]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Asturias]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Cangas de Onís]] | population_total = 55 | official_name = Covadonga/Cuadonga | image_caption = The [[Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga]] | pushpin_map = Spain | coordinates = {{coord|43.316667|-5.05|display=inline,title}} }} '''Covadonga''' ([[Asturian language|Asturian]]: '''''Cuadonga''''', from ''cova domnica'' "Cave of Our Lady"<ref>Juan Gil Fernández, José L. Moralejo, Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña, ''Crónicas asturianas'', Universidad de Oviedo, 1985, p. 203.</ref>) is one of 11 [[Parroquia (Spain)|parishes]] in [[Cangas de Onís]], a [[municipality]] within the province and [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Asturias]], in Northwestern [[Spain]]. It is situated in the [[Picos de Europa]] mountains. With a permanent population of 55,<ref>''"[https://www.ine.es/uc/eq7vWLDAi1%7CNomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional]". ''Instituo Nacional de Estadística. 2023, retrieved 7 June 2024.</ref> the parish became a site of [[pilgrimage]] and a place of [[Culture of Spain|great cultural importance]] following the 722 [[Battle of Covadonga]], which marked the beginning of the [[Reconquista|Spanish ''Reconquista'']] of the [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian Peninusla]]. The battle, which took place near the village in 722, was the first [[Christians|Christian]] victory in the Iberian Peninsula over the [[Moors|Arabs]] [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|invading from north Africa]] under the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] banner, and is often considered to be the beginning of the almost eight century-long effort to expel [[Muslims|Muslim]] rulers governing Iberia during the ''Reconquista''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Vicente |date=25 November 2011 |title=Covadonga |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Covadonga |access-date=7 June 2024 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> The two [[lakes of Covadonga]], [[Lake Enol|Enol]] and [[Lake Ercina|Ercina]], are located in the mountains above the town, and the road leading to the lakes is often featured in the [[Vuelta a España]] bicycle race. The [[Santa Cueva de Covadonga|Holy Cave of Covadonga]] is a monument dedicated to [[Our Lady of Covadonga]] that commemorates the Battle of Covadonga. It comprises the following: *''[[Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga]]'' ("Basilica of Saint Mary the Royal of Covadonga"), a church built in the 19th century based on a design by [[Roberto Frassinelli]]; *''[[Santa Cueva de Covadonga]]'' ("Holy Cave of Covadonga"), in which the bodies of Kings [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelagius]] and [[Alfonso I of Asturias|Alfonso I]] lie; *[[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; *''Monasterio 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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