"Don Pelayo and the Reconquista" Asturias by jorgejuansanchez

Asturias is the most authentic spanish autonomy since it was never conquered by the muslims.
Soon after the muslims invaded Spain, in the year 711, Don Pelayo started the Reconquista from Asturias, and little by little we expelled the invaders back to Africa.
Thanks to Don Pelayo, Spain (together with Portugal, which until the XII century formed part of Spain) is today again a christian country and did not suffer the destiny of other countries invaded such as Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Bangladesh, and so many others, even european countries like Albania and Bosnia, where the islam remained forever.
I am not saying that islam is good or bad, just say that we, spaniards, love our own religion.
Today, every town or little village in Spain has a monument, or street or square named after Don Pelayo in gratitude.
From Oviedo, the capital, you can start the Camino de Santiago on foot. It is called the Camino Primitivo, because is older than the Camino Francés.
As in several other autonomies in Spain (Valencia, Baleares, Aragon, Catalonia, Euskadi, etc.) Asturias also has a local language, called bable, or leones in Leon.
This part of Spain is known as Green Spain, for its nature and Picos de Europa mountains, similar to Cantabria.
The typlical dish in Asturias is the fabada (beans with spanish chorizo or sausages), and try the sidra, national drink.

• Pros:the origin of modern Spain
• Cons:none
• In a nutshell:the only spanish autonomy never invaded by the muslims