Battle of Covadonga

Battle of Covadonga
	Part of the Reconquista
	; Map of the Umayyad invasion, showing Covadonga
Date	Summer of 722 AD
Location	Picos de Europa near Covadonga, present-day Spain43°18′32″N 5°03′20″W
Result	Asturian victory • Start of the Reconquista
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias	Umayyad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Pelagius of Asturias	Munuza; Alqama †
Strength
300	Unknown

The Battle of Covadonga took place in 722 between the army of Pelagius the Visigoth and the army of the Umayyad Caliphate. Fought near Covadonga, in the Picos de Europa, it resulted in a victory for the forces of Pelagius. It is traditionally regarded as the foundational event of the Kingdom of Asturias and thus the initial point of the Christian Reconquista ("reconquest") of Spain after the Umayyad conquest of 711.

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