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    the Órbigo River in Hospital de Órbigo, León. Órbigo river watershed. Another view of the union of the Luna and Omaña rivers, forming the Órbigo. List...
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  • community of Puente de Órbigo, puente meaning bridge. During the Middle Ages there was a small village along the east side of the Órbigo River with a small...
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  • led his army to victory against Rechiar at Orbigo. "Cultural info - The Órbigo Bridge (Hospital de Órbigo, León) Camino Santiago walking tours, walking...
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    Villares de Órbigo is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had...
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    who in 1434 established the Passo Honroso ("Pass[age] of Honour") at the Órbigo bridge in the Kingdom of León (today's Castile and León in Spain). This...
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    Villarejo de Órbigo is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had...
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    del Órbigo is a comarca located in the León province, Castile and León, Spain. The region covers the territory bathed by the waters of the Órbigo River;...
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    de Órbigo over the Órbigo River in 1434. From July 10 to August 9, Suero and ten companions encamped in a field beside the bridge over the Órbigo River...
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    the backbone of the comarcas of Maragatería, La Cepeda and the Ribera del Órbigo. The city is the head of one of the most extensive and oldest dioceses of...
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    Don Pedro, Don Enrique II, Don Juan I, Don Enrique III. 2 v. Editorial Órbigo, S.L. ISBN 84-96966-50-X Previte-Orton, C.W. (1912). The Shorter Cambridge...
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    defeated the king of the Suebi, Rechiarius, at the battle on the river Órbigo in 456 near Asturica Augusta (Astorga) and then sacked Bracara Augusta (Braga)...
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    his armies back to Leon and Astorga, while Salid ben Ganim reached the Órbigo. Alfonso, hoping to prevent the union of both armies, went out to meet the...
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  • Italy) destroyed by the Arabs in 1016 Luna River (Spain), tributary of Órbigo Luna, Aragon, Spain Luna, Rajasthan, India Luna forest, on the north bank...
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    'hospital'. Some Spanish towns still bear the name, such as Hospital de Órbigo. The hospitals were often staffed by Catholic orders and under royal protection...
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    etymology as coming from a river Astura, identified by David Magie with Órbigo River in the plain of León, by others the modern Esla River. The Asturian...
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    has been gaining importance in the areas of the valleys of Douro, Esla, Órbigo, Pisuerga and Tormes. The scarce orography and the improvement of communications...
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    5 28 Villadangos del Páramo Astorga San Martín del Camino, Hospital de Órbigo, Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias   21 519.5 249.5 20 Astorga Rabanal del Camino...
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  • – Suero de Quiñones and his companions stage the Passo Honroso, at the Órbigo in León. August 16 – King Eric of Pomerania is deposed from the Swedish...
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    Paredes) and ends when its waters converge with the Luna River, forming the Órbigo River. According to tradition, the name of the river comes from the name...
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  • Germanic tribes Suebi Roman victory Gothic War in Spain (456) Battle of Órbigo (456) Part of Germanic Wars and Germanic Invasions on Hispania Location:...
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    Rome (455) Battle of Aylesford (455) Gothic War in Spain (456) Battle of Órbigo (456) Gothic War (457-458) Battle of Arelate (458) Battle of Cartagena (461)...
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  • Battle of Corsica Romans repel Vandal attempt to annex Corsica. Battle of Órbigo Theodoric II, king of the Visigoths defeats the Suevi, sacks their capital...
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    revealed after erosion occurred following flooding of the area by the River Órbigo. In 197 BC, Spain was divided into two provinces, Hispania Citerior and...
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    76 km) Rodiezmo de la Tercia (r) Torío [es] (l · 60 km) Cea (l · 175 km) Órbigo (r · 97 km) Omaña River (rs · 50 km) Luna [es] (ls) Tuerto [es] (r · 64 km)...
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    456 at the Campus Paramus, twelve miles from Astorga, on the banks of the Órbigo (Urbicus), subsequently occupying the province as nominal foederati of the...
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    towns. The principal tributaries of the Esla are: Bernesga River Cea River Órbigo River Porma River Tera River Aliste River List of rivers of Spain Ricobayo...
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  • is extended to the regions between the interior area and the Ribera del Órbigo (Maragatería, Cepeda, Omaña ... ). In Zamora, the region of La Carballeda...
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  • Omaña, others place it, due to its physical character, on the Ribera del Órbigo. The toponym "Omaña"—Oumaña in Leonese—comes from, the name given to the...
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    Spain. It borders with La Maragatería, El Bierzo, Omaña and La Vega del Órbigo. It is a traditional comarca without administrative recognition. Quintana...
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    La Bañeza. La Tierra de La Bañeza has four minor comarcas: La Vega del Órbigo-Tuerto, including La Bañeza, three municipalities located on the banks of...
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