Leon's History
Pre-romans.
In what today is León's province lived native people of Asturias and Cantabria. They were organized in tribes and they lived in settlements called "castros", which name survive in many populations like Castrocontrigo, Puente Castro or Castrillo.
The Romans.
The Roman conquest lasted about 200 year. In the year 79 the Legion VIIth Gémina Pía Félix returned to Spain, who would give origin to León's city. In the year 68 BC they founded a rectangular strengthened camp called Legio, which ten centuries later turned into the capital of a kingdom. They chose a strategic emplacement, completely favorably for the development of a city, in the crossroads of several Roman routes. Legio was built in the confluence of two rivers, the Torío and the Bernesga. There exist many fingerprints of the Roman domination: remains of the wall, of which only the square tower of the Ponces remains, close to the door of the Castle.
The Visigoth.
The Roman emperor Honorio sent to Roman Spain the Visigoth to submit the different invading villages. Most of the Visigoth penetrated in Roman Spain after his expulsion of the Gaul. Their monarchy was elective, which was causing frequent civil wars. In the year 585 the Visigoth (Leovigildo) conquered León's city.
The Muslims.
In the year 711 the Arabic invasion took place. The rapid occupation, work of Muza and Tarik, finished in 714, after the conquest of Toledo,.capital of the Visigoth.
León was conquered by the Arabs in 717 and reconquered by Alfonso Catholic in 742.
León's Kingdom.
León's Kingdom was founded at the beginning of the 10th century. His creator was Alfonso III the Great.The son of Alfonso III the Great, García I, is the first king of León.
During the reign of Ordoño II León was the most important city of the Christian Spain.
León is an enclave in which the Barbarian invasions and Muslim happened and in which there arose the monarchy and the nobility clans of Spain from the 10th century.
Walking along León's city is to re-live his history. The vestiges are numerous, especially, of the ancient León there remains medieval aspect surrounded with some walls to which they date back to the Roman epoch, a Romanesque basilica and an extraordinary Gothic Cathedral of beginning of the 13th century.
Pre-romans.
In what today is León's province lived native people of Asturias and Cantabria. They were organized in tribes and they lived in settlements called "castros", which name survive in many populations like Castrocontrigo, Puente Castro or Castrillo.
The Romans.
The Roman conquest lasted about 200 year. In the year 79 the Legion VIIth Gémina Pía Félix returned to Spain, who would give origin to León's city. In the year 68 BC they founded a rectangular strengthened camp called Legio, which ten centuries later turned into the capital of a kingdom. They chose a strategic emplacement, completely favorably for the development of a city, in the crossroads of several Roman routes. Legio was built in the confluence of two rivers, the Torío and the Bernesga. There exist many fingerprints of the Roman domination: remains of the wall, of which only the square tower of the Ponces remains, close to the door of the Castle.
The Visigoth.
The Roman emperor Honorio sent to Roman Spain the Visigoth to submit the different invading villages. Most of the Visigoth penetrated in Roman Spain after his expulsion of the Gaul. Their monarchy was elective, which was causing frequent civil wars. In the year 585 the Visigoth (Leovigildo) conquered León's city.
The Muslims.
In the year 711 the Arabic invasion took place. The rapid occupation, work of Muza and Tarik, finished in 714, after the conquest of Toledo,.capital of the Visigoth.
León was conquered by the Arabs in 717 and reconquered by Alfonso Catholic in 742.
León's Kingdom.
León's Kingdom was founded at the beginning of the 10th century. His creator was Alfonso III the Great.The son of Alfonso III the Great, García I, is the first king of León.
During the reign of Ordoño II León was the most important city of the Christian Spain.
León is an enclave in which the Barbarian invasions and Muslim happened and in which there arose the monarchy and the nobility clans of Spain from the 10th century.
Walking along León's city is to re-live his history. The vestiges are numerous, especially, of the ancient León there remains medieval aspect surrounded with some walls to which they date back to the Roman epoch, a Romanesque basilica and an extraordinary Gothic Cathedral of beginning of the 13th century.
1 comentario:
¡La historia de España es muy interesante! ¿Hay alguna división entre gente causada por las batallas, sea económica o fisiológica?
-Andres
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