Like scores of other towns in southeastern Spain, Elda marks the battles of the past with a very 21st century festival. The four-day pageant in Elda involves groups divided into Moors and ...

Southern Spain has a pretty distinct history in Europe: it was ruled by the North African Moors for over 500 years ... The post Skip Madrid and Barcelona and Head to Southern Spain For The ...

Wedged between the popular coastal destinations of Málaga and Alicante, the region of Murcia occupies a stretch of southern Spain too often ... Carthaginians and Moors have all left a legacy ...

Over the centuries, the Moors left a legacy in Spanish architecture, music, food and language in the region they then called al-Andalus. The name of Spain’s greatest hero, El Cid, comes from the ...