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ON THIS DAY: The Battle of Lucena – where Spain’s last Muslim king lost his fight against Christianity – CSN News

ON THIS DAY: The Battle of Lucena – where Spain’s last Muslim king lost his fight against Christianity - CSN News

TODAY, you could drive through the little town of Lucena, halfway between Córdoba and Granada, without really noticing it, but on April 21 in the year 1483, a major battle was fought here. Spain was a Muslim-controlled territory for nearly eight centuries. You can hear it in Andalucian placenames (even ‘Gibraltar’ comes from Arabic) and more so when people speak. …

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