The story of the Moors in Spain
The high tide of Islam burst into Spain in AD 711 and the Moors were to be the dominating power there for 800 years.
Tonight Michael Adams tells the story of this Muslim civilisation in Andalusia.
Cordova and Seville were once immense Arab cities, but it was in Granada that the last great flowering took place. On the hill above the city with its countless fountains and marble courts stands the Palace of the Alhambra, perhaps the most lovely Arab building in the world. It was only after 250 years of lonely resistance that it fell to Ferdinand and Isabella and the Reconquista was complete.
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