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v t e Battles of the Kingdom of Asturias
Covadonga Pontumia Montecubeiro Lutos Babias Lisbon Cornellana Bridge Clavijo Galicia and Asturias Guadalacete Morcuera Polvoraria 1st Cellorigo 2nd Cellorigo Zamora

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The Battle of Polvoraria took place in 878 between troops of the Kingdom of Asturias under Alfonso III of Asturias and a Muslim army of the Emirate of Córdoba under Emir Muhammad I of Córdoba. It occurred near the confluence of the Orbigo and Esla rivers and was an Asturian victory.

Bibliography

(in Spanish) Sánchez-Albornoz, Claudio (1932). «La batalla de Polvoraria». Anales de la Universidad de Madrid I: 225–238.

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