The flag of
Asturias shows the "Cruz de la Victoria" (Victory
Cross). According to legend it was flown by Don
Pelayo (later King Pelayo), in the decisive
Battle of Covadonga against the Moors in AD 722. This battle, fought in the mountains of Asturias was recognized as the start of the "
Reconquista" or Re-conquest of Spain from Moorish domination. In AD 908 the Asturian King Alfonso III the Great ordered that the original wooden cross be clad in gold and precious stones. It is now kept in this form in the Cathedral of
Oviedo.
The Greek letters Alpha and omega hang from its horizontal part.
