The Battle of Sahagún was a notable victory by the British light cavalry their more numerous French adversaries in 1808.The first settlement on the site grew up around the nearby Benedictine monastery consecrated to the saints Facundus and Primitivus.
It lies on the Way of St. James and is often considered the half-way point between St. Jean Pied de Port and Santiago de Compostela.
Sahagún (Spanish pronunciation [sa(a)ˈɣun]) is a town and municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León and the province of León.
