The Catholic monarchs closed the Moorish baths when they took control of the city during the conquest of Granada in 1492. Five centuries later, visitors can return to those ancient times at Hammam ...

Like the fiesta, the architecture is unchanged since the Moors were expelled from Andalucia by Christians in 1492. The church replaced the mosque which originally stood on this site. But today the ...

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That period, in which Cervantes, St John of the Cross and Lope de Vega flourished and an empire was created in America, has become known as Spain’s ‘Golden Century’. But a darker epithet might be more ...

Like many things in Spain, it started as a Muslim Medieval City and became a Christian court in 1492. This became the ... it — no sign out front. Google Maps took us to the place, but nothing ...

On this day in aviation history, January 22, 1926, an aircraft called Plus Ultra set off to become the first aircraft to fly ...

Valencia faces the Mediterranean Sea on the eastern coast of Spain about 220 miles east of Madrid and 220 miles southwest of Barcelona. At 52 square miles, it's the third-largest city in Spain ...

This discovery led to the arrest of both the man and his lover, the wife of the victim, following the grim uncovering of a dismembered body in a cemetery in Andaluz, Spain. The investigation into ...

In 1492, a significant moment took place when the ... the last Muslim stronghold in Spain. This event not only marked the end of centuries of Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula but also paved ...

If you’re not well-versed in South American geography, you could easily look at a map of the Empire of Brazil and not notice ... into a multi-ethnic empire that included North Africa and Spain.

Mostly sunny with a high of 60 °F (15.6 °C). Winds from ESE to SE at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 50 ...