Florinda la Cava

King Roderic watches from the trees (left) as Florinda and the other palace girls bathe in a garden.
Florinda (1853) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
La Cava saliendo del Baño (1854) by Isidoro Lozano

Florinda la Cava, or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711. Although she was treated as historical in Spain for centuries, there is no evidence for her existence whatsoever and her name is certainly a later concoction.

The musical La Cava, which premiered in 2000, is based on the legend of Florinda.