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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  Pio 
  Noriega 
  

   THE 
  GROTTO 
  OF 
  COVADONGA 
  (SEE 
  ALSO 
  PAGE 
  80) 
  

  

  Ii 
  was 
  here 
  that 
  King 
  Pelayo 
  withstood 
  the 
  onslaughts 
  of 
  Al-Kamak, 
  the 
  Moor. 
  A 
  

   sarcophagus 
  within 
  the 
  chapel 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  contain 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Christian 
  hero 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  his 
  wife, 
  uandiosa, 
  and 
  his 
  sister, 
  Hormesinda. 
  The 
  occupation 
  of 
  Spain 
  

   by 
  the 
  Moors 
  is 
  still 
  evidenced 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  provinces, 
  by 
  bits 
  of 
  

   architecture, 
  watch-towers, 
  and 
  names 
  of 
  villages 
  and 
  streets. 
  

  

  