Nestled beneath the watchful gaze of the UNESCO-listed Alhambra palace – an enduring symbol of Spain’s last Muslim kingdom, a ...

Fans of Monty Python's Life of Brian will be familiar with John Cleese's laughable dismissal of Roman influence over Judea.

For more than 700 years, Spain, the most Catholic of countries, lived under Muslim rule, until the Christians retook the land in 1492. Today, Granada is a delightful mix of both its Muslim and ...

Spain's Granada is a delightful mix of both its Muslim and Christian past. Yet, the city with much to see reveals itself in ...

The Arab baths were once a gathering place for Granada's Arab inhabitants, having been an important ritual in Muslim life and culture. To the Moors, water was considered a symbol of purity and the ...

The biggest was Castile, which shared a border with the last independent Muslim state in the peninsula, the kingdom of Granada. Throughout Christian Spain there were large numbers of Jewish and ...