Place: Oviedo, Spain
Weather: Cloudy with occasional light rain, 50/61F.
Route: From Lugo 249 km ENE on A-8.
Significance: The only area of the Iberian peninsula that was never taken over by Muslims was the Kingdom of Asturias in Northern Spain. There are several pre-Romanesque style churches built in the 9th century, which are symbolic of the beginning of the christian reconquista, which took almost 700 years to be fully realized.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Santa Maria del Naranco (from whc.unesco.org)
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Cathedral of San Salvador (from whc.unesco.org)
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