Andalusia is a historic territory at the south of Spain which is split into eight provinces. Andalusia derives from the Arabic name for the whole of Spain, Al-Andalus.
Andalusia was part of the Roman Empire from the first century BC but after its fall was invaded by the Visigoths who originated from The Balkans.
In 711 AD the area was invaded across the straights of Gibraltar by the Umayad Arabic Muslims who by 716 controlled almost all of the Iberian Peninsula.
The Arabs finally left Spain in 1492, with Granada being the final stronghold. Seville, Cordoba and Carmona – the three places we visited- were captured by the Christians in the first half of the 13th Century.
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