In the year 711, only decades after the death of the prophet Mohammed, the Iberian peninsula was invaded right up to the Pyrenees and beyond. In fact, the Muslim army got as far as the city of Tours in France…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Andalus, Caliphate, convento, convivencia, Cordoba, crusade, España, Espanha, france, Iberian Peninsula, Islam, Pyrenees, reconquista, spain, Visigoth
How on earth can a town in Spain claim to have the body of one of the apostles of Jesus Christ? But that’s exactly the assertion made by Santiago de Compostela. For over a thousand years, its cathedral has boasted…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: apostle, Caliphate, camino, cathedral, Compostela, Cordoba, emir, James, Matamoros, moor, Moors, reconquest, reconquista, Santiago, slayer, spain, taifa, Templar, vision
Toledo in Spain shows how Christians and Muslims lived together and even allowed churches to become mosques and vice versa
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Catholic, christ, church, city, Compostela, convivencia, cristo, death, evil, faith, faiths, good, James, jewish, light, Luz, Mesquita, Mezquita, moor, Moorish, mosque, muslim, plague, reconquista, spain, Toledo
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