At a time when much of Europe was mired in the stagnation and chaos caused by the fall of the Roman Empire, the Moors created ...

The expression "blue blood" to describe royalty and nobility originated in medieval Spain and has deep cultural and ...

Spain’s rich Islamic heritage lives on through its stunning Moorish architecture, which dates back to the medieval period ...

An 11th-century warlord who fought for both Christian and Muslim rulers left behind a reputation that expanded into myth.

Although the Spanish recaptured most of the Iberian peninsula by the 13 th century, the Moors clung to Granada largely without conflict until 1492. It’s as though that uneasy peace for two ...

Spanish Jews gave the Hebrew name "Sepharad" to the Iberian peninsula. So descendants of ... major cultural centre in the Middle Ages In the Moorish kingdom of Al-Andalus, the Jewish community ...

featuring Portugal’s breathtaking Algarve coast and the Iberian Peninsula. Visit six spectacular ports— Lisbon; Portimão; Cadiz, Gibraltar; Malaga and Mortil. Excursions are included in Lagos, Seville ...