1. Crossed the Pyrenees into Spain

    · Pyrenees, France-Spain border

    Crossed the Pyrenees into Spain
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    Charlemagne led the Frankish expedition into northern Iberia after agreeing at Paderborn to support dissident Muslim governors. Coordinates are a representative central-Pyrenean point; the precise crossing route is not stated.

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