Andalusia - Andalusië

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Andalusia (Spanish: Andalucia) is the southernmost region of Spain.

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  • Coast

  • Seville

  • Ronda

Provinces

Andalusia is divided into 8 provinces:

Towns

Seville. View of the cathedral with the Giralda and the Archivo de Indias

Andalusia is not only worth a visit for its beautiful beaches. Its cities offer unparalleled splendor and a fine mix of modern influences with the ancient Spanish culture and the Moorish civilization.

  • Seville — the capital of Andalusia
  • Almeria
  • Cadiz
  • Cordoba — the ancient capital of Al Andalus, the land of the Moors, with its beautiful Mezquita
  • Granada — the capital of the last Moorish kingdom of Granada with the beautiful Alhambra
  • Huelva
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  • Malaga — coastal city, with port and tourism as main industries respectively
  • Jerez de la Frontera — known for the sherry, a corruption of Jerez

Other destinations

Info

Andalusia is located in the extreme south of Spain. It is bounded on the north by Extremadura, Castile-La Mancha and Murcia and in the west by neighboring country Portugal. To the south-east is the Mediterranean Sea and to the south-west the Atlantic Ocean. Andalusia also borders Gibraltar, the British area in Spain, which is also worth a visit.

Andalusia is a very interesting tourist area because it is home to a wealth of cultural sites, has a very sunny climate and also offers beautiful beaches. In short, from beach holiday to cultural exploration is possible here, and all that with delicious food and drinks.

History

Andalusia is a region with a long history. The contours roughly correspond to the Roman province of Bactria, but even before that Andalusia was already inhabited and colonized by the Phoenicians, among others. After the fall of those Romans came the Visigoths, who continued the Roman traditions. Under them, the area was Christianized.

Often there were quarrels among them. In one of those disputes, they enlisted the help of an overseas people, the Moors. They came to settle the conflict in 711. They would never leave. Gradually, the Muslim Moors conquered Spain. They called their area al-Andalus, hence the name of the area. The Emirate of Cordoba was established. When the Abbasids in the Middle East repudiated the Umayyad dynasty, representatives of that dynasty moved to Andalusia and founded a new caliphate, the Caliphate of Cordoba. This did not last long and crumbled into all kinds of party states, the taifas. These taifas often waged war among themselves and sometimes even became vassals of the Christian kingdoms (such as Castile, Navarre, Aragon, Leon and Portugal).

The Christians embarked on a campaign of reconquest, the Reconquista. It ended in 1492, when the last Moorish city of Granada fell into Christian hands. The Moors were allowed to stay, but collaboration with Islamic pirates was reason for the Spanish king to expel them permanently. Still, the Mude years, the ones left behind, had an enormous influence on the Spanish architectural style.

With the discovery of America, Seville gained in importance and experienced its Golden Age with the import of the riches from the colonies.

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To look at

The Costa del Sol it is the best known and most developed part of the Andalusian coast. It extends over a length of approximately 300 km, from the Cabo de Gata in Almeria until Tarifa in the province of Cadiz. Many towns on the Costa del Sol have recently renovated their promenades and continue to modernize. Here you will find more jet skis per inhabitant than anywhere else in Europe! In addition, of course, many bars, restaurants and a busy nightlife.

To do

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Autonomous Regions of Spain

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