Magazine
Valle del Zalabí. A primitive landscape
There are places whose landscape speaks volumes. In the north of the province of Granada, scarcely two kilometres from Guadix, the Valle del Zalabí (Valley of Zalabí) unfolds in a singular…
From the al-Andalus that still survives
Research focused on the legacy of al-Andalus in Spain has increased over the last years. There are and always will be discrepancies about particular facts of the story of our country, for the perspective…
The African deed of Judar Pasha
Research focused on the legacy of al-Andalus in Spain has increased over the last years. There are and always will be discrepancies about particular facts of the story of our country, for the perspective …
Al-Idrisi and The book of Roger
Antequera: art, history and culture
Napoleon’s encyclopedia, the richest museum in the world
Marchena, an inheritance with no waste
Malta’s Mediterranean sayings, a linguistic conundrum
Arcos de la Frontera, a dragon made in lime and stone
Ali Bey, or Domingo Badía, a spanish traveller of the enlightenment around the Arab world
Almería
The gold of the Alhambra
Castillo de Locubín. The anvil of time
Gerald Brenan, and the literary spirit of Bloomsbury in the Alpujarra
Medina Sidonia, a crown without a king
The Blind Man of Cabra and popular poetry in al-Andalus.
Part III
Osuna, landscape and figures
The Blind Man of Cabra and popular poetry in al-Andalus.
Part II
Fondón, kingdom of El Rey Chico according to legend
The Blind Man of Cabra and popular poetry in al-Andalus.
Part I
Jerez, city of three worlds
Images of mills and the Albolafia of Córdoba
Grazalema, on the underside of History
Beyond the pillars of Hercules
Part II
The Arabs knew the Canary Islands through Ptolemy, and called them Jaza’ir al-Khalidat, “The Eternal Isles,” presumably a version of the Greek name. Some sources speak of these islands as if they were legendary, telling us for example …
Beyond the pillars of Hercules
Part I
For the Latin Middle Ages, the Atlantic was Mare Tenebrosum; for the Arabs, Bahr al-Zulamat. Both meant “The Sea of Darkness,” and anyone who has looked west …
Estepa, a watchtower overlooking the andalusian countryside
Baeza, oblivion and presence
Bibarrambla, from al-Andalus to the Christian era
Loja, amid snow and wheat
Al-Andalus and Occitania
Baena, in the High Land domains
The vanished Arab monuments of Granada
Niebla, alone and distant
Benjamin of Tudela: through sacred geography
The account, of an anthropological nature, collects observations from the countries he visited in the 12th century, with emphasis on Jewish communities.
Zuheros, the memorable view
Abu Hamid al-Garnati and the wonders of the world
Espejo, the sentinel on the hill
Saints and romerías in the Maghreb and Andalusia
Ronda, the city of a hundred views
Maŷrit, el Madrid andalusí (Parte II)
Priego in its labyrinth
Madjrit, al-Andalus’ Madrid (Part I)
Lanjarón: A poet’s dream
Glorious tiles
The awareness of landscape in al-Andalus
The renowned historian Ibn al-Khatib, stateman, philosopher, literary man and doctor …
Ziryab, the amazing story of the singer from Baghdad
Qusayr ‘Amra. The umayyad palace of the desert (Part II)
Qusayr ‘Amra. The umayyad palace of the desert (Part I)
Orchards of al-Andalus. The development of domestic agriculture
Venice, the temptation of the Orient (Part II)
Venice, the temptation of the Orient (Part I)
Ifriqiya, a cultural and commercial center in Northern Africa
The silk from Granada
Sicily’s Mediterranean Heritage
The Aquatic Gardens
The Music of Al-Andalus, a Shared Heritage
Ibn Firnas, craving to fly
Mariano Bertuchi and the sister cities, Granada and Tetouan
Dar al-Horra, the story of a house of noble lineage
When The Alhambra was in ruins
Al-Mutamid: a politician behind the poet
