The countryside around Valencia, known as Hadiqat al-Andalus, was renowned for its mild climate and fertile soil. It soon became known as the garden of Moorish Spain. The Moors brought with them ...

Since the Moors came from Africa's Sahara desert, they understood the importance of water. In Al-Andalus, they mastered the techniques of irrigation, creating landscapes and gardens that are oases ...

The Muslim forces known as the Moors invaded the Iberian Peninsula ... which served as the capital of the Islamic kingdom of Al-Andalus (from which comes the region’s current name of Andalusia).

Seven years later, their conquests had birthed the Muslim kingdom of al-Andalus. This marked the beginning of 8 centuries of Moorish rule, during which al-Andalus became a conduit for the ...

Andalusia is home to a vast array of Arab heritage, and even today, traces of the Al-Andalus (Arabic for Andalusia) era can still be seen throughout the Iberian Peninsula. The Emirati delegation ...

In this dance, Roberts looks to the age of Al-Andalus in Spain (the 8th century to 1492), and imagines the Moors who lived there before the Reconquista, or the reconquest, of the Iberian Peninsula ...

As romantic nomads or wild, maligned outcasts, Gypsies have captured the imagination of storytellers and artists for centuries. Flamenco al Andalus, a tiny troupe from Seville led by "El Torombo ...

Known as al-Andalus, the territory became a prosperous ... Spain’s conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Eventually, the Moors were expelled from Spain. The Alhambra, a Moorish palace and fortress ...