LEGEND.
When the Moors swept Spain, Galicia were the only part we kept them free because we fought stoutly.
There were times when the Moors got in some corners of our land; but quickly were thrown back from it and surrounding land as Asturias and León.
But the Moors were many and very powerful and our few, so that after many years of struggle, which sometimes went in their favor and other than ours, the reign of Alfonso II, who had Asturias cut, agreed to seek help from another great king of great renown who was in France.
This king Charlemagne was called and came to help the English and brought with him many warriors led by some chiefs who say they were the twelve Peers of France, so that no man could with them. They all came to fight the Moors.
The Moors, when they saw so many people above them, were afraid and fell, most of the anger that had started to dip into their best, surprising some villas and castles of those who fell like a storm burning everything, carry off some counts that were taken prisoners and even said they took three princesses, for they serve as hostages in their defense.
The great army that was formed, spread Navarra and Aragon, Asturias and Castilla.
A Galicia came because few French Galician bastabamos we ourselves, but a group of those Frenchmen who came to Galicia had been commanded by Don Roland, who was one of the bravest of the Twelve Peers.
The Moors were back down to Val de Orras, crossed the river Sil in boats and barges which then burned, and settled on the other side, the mountains, taking good care to become strong, invited as the land and the river it was difficult to cross.
But Don Roland knew that the Moors were prey to those princesses, wanted to free them.
Fearing that the Mohammedans ride to a castle on the summit of a mountain, in a place called the Castro, from the parish of San Bernabe of Valenza.
He tempted to cross the river with some daring and fearless men, but the water was very rough and deep, so they returned to earth with the loss of some current to be dragged and drowned.
Don Roland worked Then what appears to be a miracle, what he did could not have ever done.
was with his horse across the river bank, sought the most appropriate place to cross in front of the castle, he spurred his horse, which gave a huge jump and the horse was to get across the river front of the castle.
The Moors, when they saw this action, became afraid and ran away. But it was impossible to take them prisoners, let alone the girls princesses, so that the wizards of the Moors in revenge decided to make the princesses in stone.
And there are still three white quartz driven into the ground, as if they were looking wistfully toward the land.
Who will be set free?
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