Statue of Alfonso I of Asturias — At the Plaza de Oriente (square) in Madrid. Sculpted in white stone by Juan Porcel (born c.1700) between 1750 and 1753. Photo Credit: By Luis García (Zaqarbal) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=724433
Statue of Alfonso I of Asturias
At the Plaza de Oriente (square) in Madrid. Sculpted in white stone by Juan Porcel (born c.1700) between 1750 and 1753.
Kingdom of Asturias & Desert of the Duero — c 800 AD Photo Credit: By Go-Chlodio - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79610999
Ermesinda of Asturias — cropped - by Francisco Joaquín Gutiérrez de la Vega. 1854. (Museo del Prado, Madrid) Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46302785
Ermesinda of Asturias
cropped - by Francisco Joaquín Gutiérrez de la Vega. 1854. (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
A 1530s miniature, depicting Favila being mauled by a bear — Photo Credit: By António de Holanda - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35864449
Favila of Asturias — Retrato imaginario de Don Favila († 739), rey de Asturias e hijo del rey Don Pelayo y de la reina Gaudiosa. Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48088164
Favila of Asturias
Retrato imaginario de Don Favila († 739), rey de Asturias e hijo del rey Don Pelayo y de la reina Gaudiosa.
Statue of the King Pelayo — Cangas de Onís. Spain Photo Credit: By D.Rovchak - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88900250
Holy Cave at Covadonga — The Holy Cave, place where Our Lady of Covadonga appeared to Pelayo Photo Credit: By Cardoso - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=98554558
Holy Cave at Covadonga
The Holy Cave, place where Our Lady of Covadonga appeared to Pelayo
Battle of Covadonga — A depiction of the Battle of Covadonga in a decorated initial from a 12th-century illustrated manuscript of the Liber testamentorum. Pelayo, crowned and holding a cross, is leading at the top. Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24019860
Battle of Covadonga
A depiction of the Battle of Covadonga in a decorated initial from a 12th-century illustrated manuscript of the Liber testamentorum. Pelayo, crowned and holding a cross, is leading at the top.
Map of the Umayyad invasion of the Iberian Peninsula — Photo Credit: By NACLE - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64846887