Visiting Cangas de Onís town - Asturias, Spain 🇪🇦 - Second Part

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Belonging to Cangas de Onís municipality we find the Covadonga parish, a hamlet with 58 inhabitants located in the Picos de Europa National Park (Asturian side), which houses some of the most important monuments in the province of Asturias, mentioned in my previous post.

Location of the monuments in Covadonga.
Location of the monuments in Covadonga.

Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (1).
Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (1).

Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (2).
Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (2).

The Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, built in pink limestone from 1877 to 1901, in neo-Romanesque style, is located in front of the legendary cave sanctuary, and it was built to exalt the patriotism and Catholic faith of the Spaniards, recalling the beginnings of the Spanish reconquest against the Muslims.

Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (3).
Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (3).

Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (4).
Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, on a rainy day (4).

On the same esplanade of the basilica we find a statue in honor of King Don Pelayo, initiator of the Reconquest (8th century).

King statue.
King statue.

The pedestal reads: ”Our hope is in Christ. This small mountain will be the salvation of Spain.”
The pedestal reads: "Our hope is in Christ. This small mountain will be the salvation of Spain."

Perhaps the most important monument in the area is the Covadonga Sanctuary Cave, which gives its name to this small town (Covadonga in Celtic means "the cave of the sanctuary"), which in addition to a multitude of legends, was also part of an ancient Way of the Cross, and a place where penance was done.

According to one of this legends, the image of the Virgin of Covadonga that King Don Pelayo carried with him, helped him win the war, preventing the arrows of the Muslims from reaching the Christians.

Three stone crosses, inside the Cave Sanctuary of Covadonga. At the bottom of the image we see the Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, from the side.
Three stone crosses, inside the Cave Sanctuary of Covadonga. At the bottom of the image we see the Basilica of Santa María la Real de Covadonga, from the side.

It should be noted that, in the place of the sanctuary housing the virgin inside, neither photos nor videos can be taken.

Befire finishing this article, I'll share with you a YouTube short of the Aguasaliu Waterfall in Beyos Defile (Ponga Natural Park, Asturias), place I went through to go from León to Asturias and visit Cangas de Onís and Covadonga:

https://youtube.com/shorts/XFEnUAg_lr8?feature=share

Photographs taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G camera.

YouTube short recorded with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G camera.

Screenshot of the monuments location taken from Google Maps.

Sources on which I relied to give some accurate info about Covadonga monuments, its its history and legends: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

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Que bonito es Covadonga junto con sus lagos, la última vez que fui a Asturias me hospedé en Cangas de Onís, y desde allí me fui moviendo a varios puntos de Asturias. Realmente está todo cerca, cuando subí a los lagos creo que dejaban apartir de las 8 o 9 de la tarde así que subí con la moto hasta allí, lo único que hay muchos animales sueltos y la niebla viene y va en un segundo. Gran publicación!

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Me faltó ir a ver los lagos, no porque no quisiera ni ya estuviera allí, sino porque me dijeron que ese día iba estaba todo aquello lleno de niebla, que no iba a poder ver nada y que no merecía la pena ni pagar la entrada; tal cual me lo dijeron 😅
Me encantó toda esa zona, de todos modos, aún faltándome mil cosas por ver; también me aconsejaron ver Ribadesella pero quizá en un futuro viaje.
Gracias por pasarte por aquí.
Un saludo.

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