Oviedo

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Alex Ayris

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 04, 2024 08:59 PM — History

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.

500 km

Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.3618625, -5.8483581

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Oviedo (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ovetao (Latin, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Ovetum (Latin, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Oviedo (Spanish, modern)
- Uviéu (Spanish, modern)

Oviedo makes connections with:

None

Oviedo receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

References:

Evidence:

Crónica Albeldense

See Further:

See Also:

Related:

Metapedia, Oviedo (ES)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Alternate representations:
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Suggested citation:
Alex Ayris, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Oviedo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090> [accessed: 25 March 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090 |title=Places: 475092090 (Oviedo) |author=Ayris, A. |accessdate=March 25, 2025 10:59 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}