Covadonga
Covadonga is one of 11 parishes in Cangas de Onís, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in Northwestern Spain. It is situated in the Picos de Europa mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 55 residents
- Description: parish (parroquia) in Cangues d’Onís, Asturias, Spain
- Also known as: “Cuadonga”, “Cuadonga / Covadonga”, and “Cuadonga/Covadonga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Cueva de Covadonga and Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga.
Santa Cueva de Covadonga
Church
Photo: Arturo Nikolai, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Santa Cueva de Covadonga is a Catholic sanctuary located in Asturias, northern Spain. It is a cave in the Picos de Europa mountains, which gives its name to the parish of Covadonga in the municipality of Cangas de Onís.
Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga
Church
Photo: Luis Fermín TURIEL PEREDO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga is a Catholic church located in Covadonga/Cuadonga, Cangas de Onís/Cangues d'Onís, Asturias, Spain, that was designated as a basilica on September 11, 1901.
Estatua de Don Pelayo
Work of art
Photo: D.Rovchak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estatua de Don Pelayo is a work of art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sotu Cangues and Mestas de Con.
Mestas de Con
Hamlet
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
Mestas de Con is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northeast of Covadonga.
Covadonga
Latitude
43.30799° or 43° 18′ 29″ northLongitude
-5.0518° or 5° 3′ 7″ westPopulation
55Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)Open location code
8CMP8W5X+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 35833800OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3124319Wikidata ID
Q1018048
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Covadonga” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صخرة بلاي”
- Armenian: “Կովադոնգա”
- Asturian: “Cuadonga”
- Basque: “Covadonga”
- Basque: “Cuadonga”
- Belarusian: “Кавадонга”
- Breton: “Cuadonga”
- Catalan: “Covadonga”
- Catalan: “Cuadonga”
- Chinese: “科瓦东加”
- Chinese: “科瓦東加”
- Danish: “Covadonga”
- Danish: “Cuadonga”
- Dutch: “Covadonga”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مغارة بلاى”
- French: “Covadonga”
- Galician: “Covadonga”
- German: “Covadonga”
- Hebrew: “קובאדונגה”
- Hungarian: “Covadonga”
- Irish: “Covadonga”
- Italian: “Covadonga”
- Japanese: “コバドンガ”
- Latin: “Cova Dominica”
- Lithuanian: “Kovadonga”
- Polish: “Covadonga”
- Portuguese: “Covadonga”
- Portuguese: “Cuadonga”
- Portuguese: “Santuario de Covadonga”
- Russian: “Ковадонга”
- Slovenian: “Covadonga”
- Spanish: “Basílica de Covadonga”
- Spanish: “Covadonga”
- Spanish: “Cuadonga”
- Spanish: “Cuadonga/Covadonga”
- Spanish: “Real Sitio de Covadonga”
- Swedish: “Covadonga”
- Turkish: “Covadonga”
- Ukrainian: “Ковадонга”
- Waray (Philippines): “Covadonga”
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