Cangas de Onís

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The hump-backed Roman Bridge is actually medieval in date.

Cangas de Onís (Asturian: Cangues d'Onís) is a municipaltiy in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. The capital of the municipality is also Cangas de Onís.

More than 70 square kilometres of the concejo form part of the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa. Within the park is the village of Covadonga, where the battle of Covadonga (about 722), the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia, marks the starting-point of the Reconquista.

Until 774, Cangas de Onís was the capital of the Kingdom of Asturias. It lies on the Sella River, which is there spanned by a "Roman bridge," which is actually from the medieval period.

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