Plan Ahead: To avoid long ticket lines at the entrance, buy your tickets online in advance. Castelo de São Jorge, or St. George's Castle, is perched atop Lisbon's highest hill in Alfama, offering both ...

Al-Andalus is the name given to the Iberian Peninsula when it was under Muslim rule. Islam arrived in that region with the arrival of the Moors during the 8 th century AD, and succeeded in conquering ...

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These two eagle-shaped pins were discovered in central Spain and date to the early sixth century, when the Visigoth Kingdom ruled the area. A popular symbol among the Visigoths, the predatory bird ...

We start with King Roderic, who was the Visigoth king in Hispania between the years 710 and 711. Not a particularly long reign. He was known as "the last king of the Goths" and people don't ...

A study reveals that Leovigild’s campaign may have been linked to a marriage alliance with the Franks, dismantling the idea of an ethnic conflict against the Vascones Almost fifteen centuries ago, in ...

Alaric I was a chieftain of the Tervingian tribe who is often considered the first historical king of the Visigoths. He is best known for having sacked Rome in 410 A.D., an unheard-of event that he ...

Archaeologists working at a site in Spain say they have uncovered evidence of what may have been a synagogue used by a hitherto unknown Jewish community. While excavating the site, previously believed ...