Historical place profile
Oviedo
Founded in the eighth century, Oviedo was modeled after Toledo and flourished in the ninth century under Asturian King Alfonso II (791-842). It was at that time that Oviedo became the Asturian capital and an episcopal see. Oviedo remained prominent until the early tenth century.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:475092090
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:475092090
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 43.361863, -5.848358
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Founded in the eighth century, Oviedo was modeled after Toledo and flourished in the ninth century under Asturian King Alfonso II (791-842). It was at that time that Oviedo became the Asturian capital and an episcopal see. Oviedo remained prominent until the early tenth century.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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