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Reconquista

711 CE – 1492 CE

Nearly 800 years of Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Moorish rule — from the Battle of Covadonga to the fall of Granada in 1492.

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Medieval Christian military campaigns (722–1492)

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Conflict · Europe

Reconquista

711 CE – 1492 CE

Nearly 800 years of Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Moorish rule — from the Battle of Covadonga to the fall of Granada in 1492.

Standing in 711 CE

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