Pelayo Defeats the Umayyads at Covadonga, 722 | Reconquista of Spain Pelayo Defeats the Umayyads at Covadonga, 722 - #reconquista #spain #medievalhistory #history #pelayo #pelagius | Real Crusades History

The Royal Site of Covadonga is considered to be one of the most important and historic locations when telling the story of Spain. It is here where King Pelayo managed to defeat the then ruling Moors (Circa 718 AD) during the Battle of Covadonga and started the 774 year long campaign to recover the Iberian Peninsula back to Christian rule known as the “Reconquista”. Nowadays Covadonga is a place of pilgrimage for the devotees of the Virgin of Covadonga, known locally as “La Santina”. The statue o