For the past several years, I've been immersed in a history that does both. As one of the producers for an upcoming PBS documentary on the rise and fall of Islamic Spain, I've witnessed its ...

A chronology of key events: 1492 - The Christian Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon conquer the Emirate of Granada, ending nearly 800 years of Muslim rule in the south and founding modern Spain as a ...

Muslim rule in Spain began to fragment after the 11th century ... rule has been recognized in nearby parts of the region, but history was silent about the Islamic phase at Tauste.

That the Islamic history of Madrid remains so little known to this day is down to two key reasons. The first, says Gil-Benumeya, is that the city is the capital of Spain, encapsulating the idea of ...

in which the play of light and shadow is reduced to a game of inches — considering the history of Islam in Spain. The interior of the Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain, built as a mosque in the eighth ...

Majesty of two faithsThe artistic styles of Islam and Christianity are visible ... the site at the foot of the Sierra Morena in southern Spain. Legend has it that when Romans founded Córdoba ...