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The Christian Kingdom of Asturias & Galicia
AD 718 - 910
Founded in the north-western mountains of Spain, shortly after the
Omayyid Islamic invasion, Asturias fronted
the Bay of Biscay. Created just seven years after the collapse of the
Visigothic kingdom,
Asturias was a Christian revival of that former kingdom (although not the earliest - the County of
Barcelona was established one year before, in 717).
It was centered on Oviedo, until expansion saw the capital moved. |
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