The Moors controlled Cuenca for some time ... city of about 56,000 people with spectacular vistas and a maze of medieval ...

Castle of the Moors – Sintra, Portugal Perched high ... panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Its medieval architecture, complete with turrets and towers, transports visitors ...

Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved medieval fortified city. Conquered by the Castilians in the 12th century, it ...

This ancient university town north-west of Madrid was first conquered by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century B.C. It then became a Roman settlement before being ruled by the Moors until the 11th ...