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In the 7th and 8th Centuries the Christians of Asturias held out against the Muslims, eventually driving the invaders away. Following their victory, there began a rich period of pre-Romanesque church building. This Byzantine-influenced church of San Miguel de Lillo, just outside Oviedo was built in the reign of King Ramiro I (842-850).


	In the 7th and 8th Centuries the Christians of Asturias held out against the Muslims, eventually driving the invaders away. Following their victory, there began a rich period of pre-Romanesque church building. This Byzantine-influenced church of San Miguel de Lillo, just outside Oviedo was built in the reign of King Ramiro I (842-850).
				Godspots of North Spain