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On the 8th of June 1583 Alcossebre was formally incorporated into Alcalá de Xivert. At that time the affairs of Alcalá were handled by the O...

Less than eighty years after the death of Mohammed in 632, Islam had become the dominant force in the Near East and North Africa and was poi...

Living in Alcossebre today, surrounded by the hills of Sierra de Irta, it's difficult to imagine the turbulent history of this part of S...

Wifie and I returned from a lightning visit to Seville early this morning; we left on a 6.30 flight from Reus and returned on the 22.00 flig...

There was a contrast between two different conquests in the last posting: the muslim conquest of Spain in 711 and the norman conquest of Eng...

One possible starting point would be to consider the theme of frontiers. Growing up in the UK, it's difficult to grasp the notion of a ...

Every year, the Reconquista - the centuries-long crusade to supplant Islam as the dominant force in the peninsula - is remembered in hundred...