If you probably think of Spain you probably think of a predominantly Catholic country

with major cathedrals and churches in every village. However most of the Iberian

Peninsula for almost 800 years was under Muslim control. The legacy of the Moorish occupation can still

be seen in the names of places and some of Spain's most historic buildings.

Learn more about Al-Andalus and the area of Muslim-controlled Spain on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain. When you visit Spain, you aren't just going to see Spanish culture.

Spain has layers of history that you can explore.

You can find modern architecture in Valencia at the City of Arts and Sciences.

Renaissance Architecture at the City of Arts and Sciences,

Renaissance Architecture at the Cathedral of Seville,

Moorish Architecture in Grenada,

and Roman Architecture in Merida.

You can even find hundreds of examples of rock art from the dawn of history all along the Mediterranean

coast.

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The rise of Islam as a political force was one of the fastest expanding empires in all of human history.

Within a century of the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Umyad Caliphate had spread from a small group in the Arabian Peninsula

to conquering much of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.

In the early 8th century, the Iberian Peninsula was mostly populated by the Visigoths, who were a Germanic

people who entered and populated the Iberian Peninsula after the collapse of the Roman

Empire.

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