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Covadonga is a village in northwestern Spain among the Picos de Europa mountains where Spanish Christians won a battle over the Muslim Moors around 718 and 725. This was the first victory of the Christians over the occupying Moors and had great symbolic significance. It is currently a Marian sanctuary. The Spanish Army has named several entities "Covadonga".
See also: Battle of Covadonga
In 1861 Chile captured a spanish ship called Covadonga, which participated in the naval battle of Iquique, in 1879, during the War of the Pacific.
