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| Andalucía (Andalusia / Al Andalus) - Past and Present |
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Andalusia (Spanish: Andalucía) is an
autonomous community of Spain. Andalusia is
the most populous and the second largest, in
terms of its land area, of the seventeen
autonomous communities of the Kingdom of
Spain. Its capital is Seville.
Andalusia is bounded on the north by the
autonomous communities of Extremadura and
Castilla-La Mancha; on the east by the
autonomous community of Murcia and the
Mediterranean Sea; on the west by Portugal
and the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the
Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar,
which separates Spain from Morocco, and the
Atlantic Ocean. The British colony of
Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land
border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz
at the eastern end of the Strait of
Gibraltar.
The Umayyad Caliphate invasion of the Iberian
peninsula in 711-718 marked the collapse of
Visigothic rule. Andalucian culture was
deeply influenced by half a millennium of
Muslim rule during the Middle Ages. Córdoba
became the largest and richest city in
Western Europe and one of the largest in the
world. The Moors established universities in
Andalucia, and cultivated scholarship,
bringing together the greatest achievements
of all of the civilisations they had
encountered. During that period Moorish and
Jewish scholars played a major part in
reviving and contributing to Western
astronomy, medicine, philosophy and
mathematics.
With the fall of Seville in 1248 most of
Andalucia came under Castilian control,
leaving only the emirate of Granada under
Muslim rule until it too was conquered by the
Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella in
1492. The largest Arabic speaking population
was in Andalucia, which also received Moors
from other regions who were driven south by
the Reconquista, and although many either
converted or left later, they gave the region
its distinctive character till this day.
Andalucia is known for its Moorish and
Moorish influenced architecture. Notable
examples include the Alhambra in Granada, the
Mezquita in Córdoba, the Torre del Oro and
Giralda towers and the Reales Alcázares in
Seville, and the Alcazaba in Málaga.
Archaeological ruins include Medina Azahara,
near Córdoba, and Itálica, near Seville,
and at Huelva, the Andalusian port from which
Columbus's expedition of discovery was
launched.
The Spanish language spoken in the Americas
is largely descended from the Andalusian
dialect of Spanish. This is due to the role
played by Seville as the gateway to Spain's
American territories during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأندلس
al-andalus) was the Arabic name given to
those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed
by Muslims, or Moors, at various times in the
period between 711 and 1492.[1] It refers to
the Umayyad Caliphate province (711-750),
Emirate of Córdoba (c. 750-929) and
Caliphate of Córdoba (929-1031) and its
"taifa" ("successor") kingdoms.
As the Iberian Peninsula was eventually
regained by Christians re-expanding southward
in the process known as the Reconquista, the
name Al-Andalus came to refer to the
Muslim-dominated lands of the former
Visigothic Hispania.
In 1236 the Reconquista progressed to the
last remaining Islamic stronghold, Granada,
achieved by the forces of Ferdinand III of
Castile. Granada was a vassal state to
Castile for the next 256 years, until January
2, 1492 when Boabdil surrendered complete
control of Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella,
Los Reyes Católicos ("The Catholic
Monarchs"). The Portuguese Reconquista
culminated in 1249 with the conquest of
Algarve by Afonso III.
C.W. Previte-Orton writes in his Cambridge
medieval history,
"The brilliant Saracenic civilization of
Moslem Spain rendered the Moors, even during
their declines under the Reyes de Taifas, the
most cultured people of the West."
Tags : Andalucia Andalusia Al-Andalus Spain Islam Muslim Empire Saracens Cordoba Seville Cadiz Granada Moor Arab Emirate |
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Durée : 253 s |
| 7 Days ANDALUCIA Spain Andalusia |
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7DY-DVD-138 - Andalusia in southern Spain is
a fantasy land situated between Europe and
Africa. In Algarrobo, a white village close
to the coast, time seems to have stood still.
A place of both inspiration and
contemplation. Since Phoenician times the
earlier 'Malaca' was a busy trading port that
was defended by the Castillo De Gibralforo.
The Cathedral, also known as 'La Manquita',
symbolises a catholic victory on the former
site of a mosque. On the edge of the city
centre is the Moorish fortress of Alcazaba
that was once a fortified residence on the
hills of Castillo. The second largest city
in Andalusia also became known as the
birthplace of its famous son, world famous
artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Since the 1950's
the modern coastal resort of Torremolinos has
attracted mass tourism with a numerous
variety of huge hotel skyscrapers, bars and
restaurants. In the hilly inland area of the
Costa Del Sol is the pretty white mountain
village of Mijas. A small hilltop bullfight
arena shines bright white along with the
houses ofthe surrounding area. Marbella, the
prima donna of the Costa Del Sol, serves as a
rendezvous for the stars of stage and screen
and a leisure resort for the international
jet set. Another short excursion into the
mountains near the coast leads to Casares, a
sleepy mountain village crowned by the ruins
of a Moorish Castle. During the Roman
Carthaginian Wars Cadiz played an important
role as a trading centre. After the Moors,
came the Normans and in 1262, the city fell
into the hands of the Christian king,
Alfonso. Dreamy harbour towns, cultural
metropolises with a Moorish past, Christian
buildings and white villages. Beauty in the
Garden Of Eden -- that's Andalusia!
Tags : spain andalucia Andalusia Algarrobo Casares Marbella Cadiz Costa Del Sol Mijas Malaca Torremolinos Alcazaba Castillo |
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Durée : 104 s |
| Vista Point ANDALUSIA Spain |
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VPG-DVD-183 - ANDALUSIA
Andalusia in southern Spain is a fantasy land
situated between Europe and Africa.
In Algarrobo, a white village close to the
coast, time seems to have stood still. A
place of both inspiration and contemplation.
Since Phoenician times the earlier 'Malaca'
was a busy trading port that was defended by
the Castillo De Gibralforo. The Cathedral,
also known as 'La Manquita', symbolises a
catholic victory on the former site of a
mosque. On the edge of the city centre is the
Moorish fortress of Alcazaba that was once a
fortified residence on the hills of Castillo.
The second largest city in Andalusia also
became known as the birthplace of its famous
son, world famous artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
Since the 1950's the modern coastal resort of
Torremolinos has attracted mass tourism with
a numerous variety of huge hotel skyscrapers,
bars and restaurants.
In the hilly inland area of the Costa Del Sol
is the pretty white mountain village of
Mijas. A small hilltop bullfight arena shines
bright white along with the houses of the
surrounding area.
Marbella, the prima donna of the Costa Del
Sol, serves as a rendezvous for the stars of
stage and screen and a leisure resort for the
international jet set.
Another short excursion into the mountains
near the coast leads to Casares, a sleepy
mountain village crowned by the ruins of a
Moorish Castle.
During the Roman Carthaginian Wars Cadiz
played an important role as a trading centre.
After the Moors, came the Normans and in
1262, the city fell into the hands of the
Christian king, Alfonso.
Dreamy harbour towns, cultural metropolises
with a Moorish past, Christian buildings and
white villages. Beauty in the Garden Of Eden
-- that's Andalusia!
Tags : ANDALUSIA Spain Algarrobo Malaca Castillo Torremolinos Costa Del Sol Marbella Casares Cadiz |
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Affichage : 9035
Durée : 95 s |
| haze pa andalusia... |
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por fin la e podio colgar aki :D :D...ya
vereis k bonika es esta cancion..si sois
andaluces seguro k os enkanta tanto komo a mi
;)..y si no lo sois tambn por k haze es el
mejor!!! bss!!
Tags : haze andalucia |
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Durée : 220 s |
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