Leon is bathed by rivers Bernesga

After the Roman period, the city was part of the United Swabian and later the Visigothic Kingdom. Between the sixth and eighth centuries of archaeological evidence scarcity project an image devoid of urban vitality, with a clear reduction of living space, but the discovery of ceramic Umayyad Cordoba ascribable to the Bishop Gate area indicates that the city was not completely abandoned, but some stable population retained.