Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís
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Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís is a small chapel in Cangas de Onís , which was the capital of the Kingdom of Asturias in northern Spain until 774 . It was started in 737 and consecrated according to the original cornerstone, which is believed to be the first literary document of the Reconquista . It is considered to be the first Christian church to be built after the Moorish invasion and is arguably the oldest Christianized megalithic monument in the Iberian Peninsula .
The chapel is located on the artificial hill of a dolmen and was founded by Favila , the second king of Asturias. The current chapel is a reconstruction from 1951 that was built on the same site as the original building, which was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War. According to legend, King Favila and his wife were buried here. In the crypt of the church there is an approximately 4000 year old dolmen remnant, which is decorated with engravings and paintings .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 21 '9.7 " N , 5 ° 7' 49.4" W.