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Alhambra Vistas
On January 2, 1492, the last Muslim leader Boabdil surrendered complete control of the remnants of the last Moorish stronghold of Granada, to Ferdinand and Isabella, Los Reyes Católicos ("The Catholic Monarchs").
The fall of the Moors is one of the more significant events in Granada's history.
The Alhambra Decree of the Christian Monarchs asked the predominantly Muslim population to convert to Roman Catholicism or to return to their ancestral lands in North Africa.
Arabic lost its place in everyday life and was replaced by Castilian Spanish.
The mosques, some on sites of former Christian churches, were converted to Christian uses.
Part of the predominantly Muslim population was gradually converted to Roman Catholicism and remaining muslims were eventually expelled to surrounding rural areas, leading to the Revolt of the Alpujarras in 1568.
The Jews, however, were immediately expelled from Christian Alhambra following the Alhambra Decree of 1492.
The Alhambra
Granada, Spain
Alhambra Vistas
On January 2, 1492, the last Muslim leader Boabdil surrendered complete control of the remnants of the last Moorish stronghold of Granada, to Ferdinand and Isabella, Los Reyes Católicos ("The Catholic Monarchs").
The fall of the Moors is one of the more significant events in Granada's history.
The Alhambra Decree of the Christian Monarchs asked the predominantly Muslim population to convert to Roman Catholicism or to return to their ancestral lands in North Africa.
Arabic lost its place in everyday life and was replaced by Castilian Spanish.
The mosques, some on sites of former Christian churches, were converted to Christian uses.
Part of the predominantly Muslim population was gradually converted to Roman Catholicism and remaining muslims were eventually expelled to surrounding rural areas, leading to the Revolt of the Alpujarras in 1568.
The Jews, however, were immediately expelled from Christian Alhambra following the Alhambra Decree of 1492.
The Alhambra
Granada, Spain