Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Covadonga is a village in northwestern Spain among the Picos de Europa mountains where Spanish Christians won a battle over the Muslim Moors around 718 and 725. This was the first victory of the Christians over the occupying Moors and had great symbolic significance. It is currently a Marian sanctuary. The Spanish Army has named several entities "Covadonga". See also: Battle of Covadonga In 1861 Chile captured a spanish ship called Covadonga, which participated in the naval battle of Iquique, in 1879, during the War of the Pacific. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.