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Detail of the Cantiga #63 (13th century), which deals with a late 10th-century battle in San Esteban de Gormaz involving the troops of Count García and Almanzor. [1]The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for ' reconquest ') [a] or the reconquest of al-Andalus [b] was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the ...
Alcazar of Seville: mostly rebuilt under Christian rule but in Moorish style, with the help of craftsmen from Granada [27] Walls of Seville; Buhaira Gardens: former Almohad palace and garden; Church of San Salvador: preserves traces of the former Mosque of Ibn Adabbas on this site, the first city's first great mosque [28] [27]: 21 Tarifa
The Moorish Kingdom of Granada continued for three more centuries in southern Iberia. On 2 January 1492, the leader of the last Muslim stronghold in Granada surrendered to the armies of a recently united Christian Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella I of Castile, the "Catholic Monarchs").
The Almohad Caliph Abu Yusuf Yacub al-Mansur had been planning a great campaign against Portugal at least since 1188, even before the conquest of Silves. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] The taking of this prestigious city by the Portuguese however caused outrage in the Maghreb and the Caliph ordered holy war to be preached.
(Date unknown). Odo the Great marries his daughter Lampegia to Berber rebel Munuza, securing a peace. [33] 731 (Date unknown). The Venerable Bede writes Ecclesiastical History of the English People. [39] 732. May. The Moors led by Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Ghafiqi capture Bordeaux after defeating Odo the Great at the Battle of the River Garonne. [40]
Exterior of the Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra. Located just east of the Palace of Charles V is the Catholic Church of Santa María de la Alhambra ('Saint Mary of the Alhambra'), which stands on the site of the former Alhambra Mosque, the congregational mosque of the Alhambra complex. The church was built between 1581 and 1618. [214]
After a lengthy siege, the last Arab stronghold, the citadel of Narbonne, finally fell to the Franks in 759. Al-Andalus was sealed off at the Pyrenees. [25] The third consequence of the Berber revolt was the collapse of the authority of the Damascus Caliphate over the western provinces.
Pelagius of Asturias defeats the Moors at the Battle of Covadonga, beginning the Reconquista. [a] He later founds the Kingdom of Asturias. [b] [8] 719. Moorish occupation of al-Andalus reaches its largest extent in Iberia. [9] 10 October 732. Charles Martel defeats the Moorish forces led by Abd al-Rahman at the Battle of Tours. [10] 25 January 750.