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unusual facts about Cangas de Onís


Favila of Asturias

In 737 he founded the Church of Santa Cruz, in his capital of Cangas de Onís, but aside from this, nothing else about his reign is known.


Victory Cross

Tradition continous saying that the cross would later be kept by his son Favila of Asturias in the Church of Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís erected by Favila and his wife Froiluba in 737 and dedicated to True Cross in Cangas de Onís, the first capital of the Kingdom of Asturias.


see also

A80

Autovía A-80, a road connecting Ribadesella and Cangas de Onis, Spain