Silo was the king of Asturias from 774 to 783, succeeding Aurelius. He came to the throne upon his marriage to Adosinda, daughter of Alfonso I. He moved the capital of the Kingdom of Asturias from Cangas de Onís to Pravia, closer to the center of the kingdom. He was a contemporary of Abd al-Rahman I, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba, and of Charlemagne.
Stone commemorating Silo's foundation of the church of Santianes de Pravia. Beginning with the central "S" and moving in any direction spells Silo princeps fecit (Prince Silo made [it]).
The Church of San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista, Santianes de Pravia, founded by Silo.
Presumed tombs of Adosinda and Silo in the church of Santianes de Pravia.
Statue of King Silo in Pravia, Asturias.
The Kingdom of Asturias was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity established after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. In 718 or 722, Pelagius defeated an Umayyad army at the Battle of Covadonga, in what is retroactively regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista.
Picture of ḷḷagu del Vaḷḷe (Somiedo), showing typical Asturian cottages (called teitos), as already in use in the time of the Astures
Monument in memory of Pelagius in Covadonga
King Pelagius at the Battle of Covadonga
Ramiro I of Asturias
