In 711 an Arab and Berber army crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and invaded the Iberian Peninsula. Seven years later, their ...

a city that fell to Spain in 1492 during the Spanish Reconquista, which was a movement to push Moors (Muslims) out of the country. Sayyida and her family settled in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

Everyone who seems to know Spain almost exclusively thinks of Barcelona and its Gaudí-built wonders, Madrid for the leafy ...

The Alcaiceria was originally a bazaar established by the Moors, a group of Muslims from Northern Africa ... Monarch's push to drive the Moors out of Spain). Today, the market is less than ...

The story of azulejos begins with the Muslim conquest of the peninsula. In the year 711, the Moors swept into the ... While azulejos gained prominence in Spain, they became a defining feature ...