The djellaba is the traditional dress of Morocco, a flowing garment with an inconspicuous hood that falls down in back. Both ...

Researchers have reconstructed the use of Argan in Morocco’s economy from the 10th to 13th centuries based on abundant ...

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Elda Castle, designated as an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2001, sits atop a mound in the heart of the city, near the left ...

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Naturally, a port with that much influence needed protection from ships trying to enter the claimed territory of the Almohad Dynasty (a 12th-century Muslim Caliphate that once ruled northern ...

On 16 July 1212, a Crusader army made up of Castilians, Aragonese and Navarrese (but also French, English and Germans) confronted the army of the Almohad Caliph an-Nasir at the foot of the Sierra ...

Together these three buildings form a remarkable monumental complex in the heart of Seville. The cathedral and the Alcázar – dating from the Reconquest of 1248 to the 16th century and imbued with ...

La Giralda – the adjacent tower and, until recently, the tallest landmark in Seville – is one of the few remains of the site's original mosque, built by the 12th-century Berber-Muslim Almohad ...

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She noted the influence of the minarets of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakesh and its twin, the Giralda Mosque in Seville which was built during the 12th century Almohad era, and later converted to ...