Kingdom of Asturias

former kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula

county in Southwestern Europe between 868–1139, predecessor of the Kingdom of Portugal

relic claimed to be the cloth wrapped around the head of Jesus after death

ruling family of Asturias, Galicia and León from about 740 until 1037

Uthman ibn Naissa (), better known as Munuza, was a Berber governor (wali) who established an independent power base in Cerdanya on the eastern Pyrenees (in modern-day southern France) around 731 AD, breaking away from the Umayyad Caliphate. He was the wali of Narbonne and Cerdagne, in addition to the Spanish territory of Catalonia. To solidify his position, he formed an alliance with the Duke of Aquitaine, Odo the Great, and married his daughter Lampegia. He was eventually defeated by the Umayyad forces of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi. Munuza's defeat was followed by Umayyad forces

architectural style of the Kingdom of Asturias

former country

Spanish national myth

visigothic manustric Bible from the 9th century

historical comarca in the Kingdom of Asturias

thumb|Map of Desert of the Duero The Repoblación (, ; , ) was the ninth-century repopulating of a large region between the River Duero and the Cantabrian Mountains, which had been depopulated in the early years of the Reconquista and became known as the Desert of the Duero, although, despite its name, the region has never been completely depopulated as archaeological research has shown since there was a limited continuity of human occupation. It is also the designation for repopulation efforts by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, in what would become modern-day Portugal and Spai