Oviedo - Basílica del Salvador

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casket containing the relics of Santa Eulalia. Opening off the north transept is the Capilla del Rey Casto, which Alfonso II, the Chaste, made the Panteón de los Reyes, the burial-place of the Asturian kings (though in fact it contains only a single royal sarcophagus, dating from the eighth century).

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kingdom of Toledo fell to the Moors. Many pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela also visited Oviedo to do honor to it. The reliquary chapel is preceded by an ante-chapel, enlarged in the 12th century, with very beautiful figures of Apostles, in pairs, against the right- hand wall and a head of Christ over the door, all dating from the 12th century. In the reliquary chapel itself is the Arca Santa, covered with silver plates adorned with reliefs, which contains relics from the Holy Land, together with a variety of other treasures - the ninth Century Angels' Cross (Cruz de los Ángeles), a cedarwood cross adorned with gold filigree and precious stones; the Victory Cross (Cruz de la Victoria), which Pelayo is said to have carried in the battle of Covadonga (see Picos de Europa) and which Alfonso III refurbished in 1908; an agate chest of the same period; a sixth century Byzantine diptych; and two 13th century diptychs, one of silver and the other of ivory. Under the Cámara Santa is the Capilla de Leocadia, which contains 12th century tombs.

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numerous panels depicting scenes from the life of Christ.