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To: Former Fetus

Yep. And there was a ship named Covadonga that went back and forth between the Peruvians and the Chileans around the War of the Pacific. Its wheel is still in a museum in Santiago, Chile.

(There is also a well-known seafood restaurant in Miami named Covadonga after this battle.)

Interesting that this battle was several centuries before the better-known El Cid made his appearance.

My wife is a Panamanian whose mother was Spanish, from that area. I have told her that when we go to Spain I most assuredly want to get up to Asturias.


17 posted on 01/09/2012 5:05:59 PM PST by Sigurdrifta
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To: Sigurdrifta

If y’all go to Spain, y’all must go to the cathedral of Burgos and see El Cid’s grave. His sword used to be on display also.


21 posted on 01/09/2012 5:24:20 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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