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Battle Of Arnisol
The Battle of Arnisol, Arinzol or Aranzuel took place on 10 March 1126 near the between Aragonese forces led by Alfonso the Battler and Almoravid forces led by Ibn Abu Bakr. It was part of the Granada campaign. Background In 1118, a council held in Toulouse offered the benefits of a crusade to those who came to the aid of the Kingdom of Aragon in the conquest of the city of Zaragoza, the capital city of the Taifa of Zaragoza. The city was taken by Alfonso I of Aragon on 18 December 1118, causing the Ebro valley to collapse, with the Aragonese taking Tudela in February 1119 and conquering Calatayud in 1120. In 1125, Alfonso I of Aragon began a campaign against the lands of Granada, attacking Algeciras, Suquar and Dénia without success; advancing towards Xàtiva, then Murcia, and as far as Vera and Almanzora, to retreat at Purchena; and then towards Baza, which he attacked again without result. He attacked Guadix, which he could not conquer, and continued southwards, reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puente Genil
Puente Genil () is a Spanish city in the province of Córdoba, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated about 45 miles (70 km) from the provincial capital, Córdoba. It has a population of around 30,000 people. Etymology The name of the town comes from the bridge over the river Genil. Description The town is an agricultural centre, also known for its ''Semana Santa'' celebration, contracted in the local vernacular to "''mananta''". Image:Parroquia de la Purificacion.jpg, Parish church of La Purificación Image:Mosaico de las tres gracias.jpg, Mosaic of the Three Graces Image:Jesús Nazareno, El Terrible.jpg, Religious procession Image:Puente Genil 2.jpg, An aerial view of the town and surrounding countryside File:Laguna de tiscar.PNG, Laguna de Tíscar, a Ramsar site located in the Puente Genil municipality Transport Puente Genil is served by Puente Genil-Herrera railway station, around 4 km from the town centre on the AVE high-speed rail line from Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Calatayud
The siege of Calatayud in 1120 was led by Alfonso I of Aragon, with the help of William IX of Aquitaine, against the city of Calatayud, then controlled by the Almoravids. The siege was successful and resulted in the conquest of the city by the Aragonese troops. Background In 1118, Alfonso I of Aragon, accompanied by Gaston IV of Béarn and Centule II of Bigorre, began a campaign with the objective of conquering Zaragoza. The city fell on 18 December, after 8 months of siege. Shortly after this, in 1119, he conquered Tudela and Tarazona and repopulated the city of Soria. At the beginning of 1120, Alfonso began to prepare the conquest of Calatayud, the second largest city of the former Taifa of Zaragoza. Siege Alfonso I arrived at the gates of the city with the Duke of Aquitaine, William IX, in May 1120. With the possibility of a battle looming, some Aragonese knights began to make their testaments, including , who donated his assets to the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights Hosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinos Puente
Pinos Puente is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census ( INE), the city has a population of 13319 inhabitants. The Cubillas River runs by the town. Etymology The town's name refers to pine or fir groves of which there is a small outcrop within a clearing. See also * List of municipalities in Granada Province of Granada, Granada is a provinces of Spain, province in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 174 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Spanish census, Granada is the ... Notes Municipalities in the Province of Granada {{Granada-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracena
Maracena is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2005 census ( INE), the city has a population of 18819 inhabitants. It is located in the central part of the Vega de Granada, being one of the fifty-two entities that make up the metropolitan area of Granada.It borders the municipalities of Peligros, Pulianas, Granada, Atarfe and Albolote. Other nearby towns are Pulianillas and Monteluz. The Granada metro, provides the town with a light metro link to central Granada and other towns of the Granada Metropolitan Area. . History Maracena history goes back to the etymology of the name, in Roman times. In the 1970s was found in the municipality, in Casería Titos, a tablet with a Latin inscription dating back to the 2nd century. Under Muslim rule in Maracena was born one of the most famous Arab leaders, Hamdum ibn Sawar, who had built a watchtower on the hill of La Sabika, where today stand Bermejas Torres. Some centuries later, the Aragonese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro (river), Darro, the Genil, the Monachil (river), Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada ''comarca'', the city sits at an average elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held. In the 2021 national census, the population of the city of Granada proper was 227,383, and the population of the entire municipal area was estimated to be 231,775, ranking as the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities, 20th-largest urban area of Spain. About 3.3% of the population did not hold Spanish citizenship, the largest number of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city grew wealthy during the Islamic era, becoming a world city throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It enjoyed an active port that traded Almerían silk, silk, oil, and raisins. Being adjacent to a small desert, Almería has an exceptionally dry climate by European standards. Etymology The name "Almería" comes from the city's former Arabic name, ''Madīnat al-Mariyya'', meaning "city of the watchtower". As the settlement was originally the port or coastal suburb of Pechina, it was initially known as ''Mariyyat al-Bajjāna'' (''Bajjāna'' being the Arabic name for Pechina). History The origin of Almería is connected to the 9th-century establishment of the so-called Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadix
Guadix (, ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in southern Spain, in the Granada (province), province of Granada. The city lies at an altitude of 913 metres, in the centre of the Hoya of Guadix, a high plain at the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada. It is located on the Linares Baeza–Almería railway. The city was built in the vicinity of gullies and badlands. History Early history Evidence of human settlement in the area surrounding Guadix goes back to at least the Bronze Age. Ancient Guadix el Viejo, 6 km northwest, was the Roman Acci (also ''Accitum'') mentioned in Pliny's Natural History and as Akki by Ptolemy, who placed it among the Bastetani, whose capital was Baza, Granada, Basti. It is not known for certain whether it is of Phoenician or of early Spanish origin. The existence of an ''oppidum'' with a well-defined urban plan from the 6th century BC has been documented; archeological excavations have revealed complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
