Madrid, Spain – A crucial part of Madrid’s Islamic ... He found himself facing the paradox that he was going to put the capital in a Muslim city. And that’s how the whole process of ...

It’s an unfortunate reality for Spain and the Islamic World that the late dictator ... most of the main cathedrals of each city in Andalucia, such as that of Sevilla or Cordoba, were at one ...

This hilltop palace city is the result of several stages ... is one of the best-preserved examples of Muslim architecture in ...

These winding pathways whisper tales of Islamic influence that go ... spanned much of the Iberian Peninsula. The city is bordered to the north by Spain’s Sierra Morena mountain range, which ...

The Spanish Reconquista of Islamic Andalusia was advancing ... and a Christian basilica was built there. (This ancient city of sultans in Spain is a 21st-century wonder.) People kneel in prayer ...

Photo from the City Council of Valencia The sword dates to the 10th century when Valencia and surrounding regions of Spain were part of a Muslim kingdom known as Al-Andalus, city officials said.

Originally a mosque built in the 8th century during Islamic rule, the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba in Spain underwent significant transformations when Christians conquered the city in the 13th ...

the Islamic nation of Al-Andalus slowly took shape. At its peak, Córdoba was a capital city of more than 300,000 inhabitants and the centre of a caliphate that spanned much of the Iberian Peninsula.