Favila (d.739), king of Asturias A son of Pelagius who ruled Asturias after his father. Favila was
Favila (d.739), king of Asturias A son of Pelagius who ruled Asturias after his father. Favila was killed on a bear hunt and the relief depicts his last day.“First two carvings of a series of three depicting Favila’s last day. On the left he is kissing his queen, Froiluba, goodbye from atop his horse, with his hunting falcon on his arm. On the right he bids her farewell in the same manner in front of his palace. The final sculpture (not shown) depicts his fatal fight with the bear. From the twelfth-century portal of the monastery of San Pedro de Villanueva” (Ecelan, Wikipedia).Source: By Ecelan (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons -- source link
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