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The Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada built between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain.
The Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada built between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain.

Reconquista

Iberian history
Also known as: Reconquest
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Reconquista, in medieval Spain and Portugal, a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims (Moors), who had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. Though the beginning of the Reconquista is traditionally dated to about 718, when the Christian Asturians opposed the Moors at the Battle of Covadonga, the impulse toward reconquest was expressed only sporadically through the first three centuries of Muslim hegemony. After a...

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