Asturian in a sentence

Since the Chronicles of the Asturian kingdom were written a century and a half after the battle of Covadonga, there are many aspects of the first Asturian kings that remain shrouded in myth and legend.

There are more typical Asturian flavours at on Plaza El Fontan, which produces its own meat and sources its seafood and fish from the next-door Mercado El Fontan.

The Picos de Europa National Park is an extraordinary prickling of scenery that lurks just inland from the Asturian coast and is easily reached from the UK via Asturias, Santander or Bilbao airports.

But the Asturian coach knows he will need Madrid’s players if he is to triumph as national coach.

Abd al-Karim advanced deeper west into Asturias and pillaged the region, while his brother Abd al-Malik ventured into the western Asturian lands.

All this made possible the emergence of a sparsely populated and ill-organized area that isolated the Asturian kingdom from the Moorish assaults and allowed its progressive strengthening.

Also of note are Asturian stew and vigil.

Aragonese and Asturian have some degree of official recognition.

Asturian and galician music is often included, though there is no significant research showing that this has any close musical relationship.

Asturian cheeses are very popular in the rest of Spain.

Asturian laws promoted this system with laws, for instance granting a peasant all the land he was able to work and defend as his own property.

However, during the Asturian period, Eulalia of Mérida (located in Oviedo) became the prime religious site and icon of devotion.

However, during those years there were relevant and decisive internal transformations in the Asturian kingdom.

Mozarabic architecture was found in the south, in Lisbon and beyond, while in the Christian realms Galician-Portuguese and Asturian architecture prevailed.

On the other hand, the oak tree is the symbol of the Asturian royalty and in reliefs of the Abamia Church (where Pelayo was buried) leaves of that tree are shown.

Second, neighboring rebellions by Basques and Galicians failed, aborted by Asturian kings.

Spanish, Asturian, and Leonese ventana and Mirandese and Sardinian bentana come from Latin ventus "wind" (cf.

There are also myths about the Asturian monarchy that are rooted in Jewish and Christian traditions rather than pagan ones: the Chronica ad Sebastianum tells of an extraordinary event that happened when Alfonso I died.

The yew tree is still very important in Asturian folklore, where it stands as a link to the afterlife and is commonly found planted beside churches and cemeteries.

This is probably the finest example of Asturian architecture.