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Reconquista The ''Reconquista'' (Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese for ) or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian Reconquista#Northern Christian realms, kingdoms waged ag ...

was the gradual military retaking ("reconquering") of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. Reconquest or Reconquista may also refer to: * Pueblo Revolt Reconquest, the restoration of colonial government in Spanish New Mexico following the

Pueblo Revolt The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé, Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the Indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger t ...

of 1680 * Reconquista de Buenos Aires, the restoration of Spanish control of Buenos Aires in 1806; see *

Reconquista (Spanish America) In the struggle for the independence of Spanish America, the Reconquista refers to the period of Colombian and Chilean history, following the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, during which royalist armies were able to gain the upper hand in the Spanis ...

, the restoration of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World, typically control of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe **

Reconquest (Chile) Spanish Reconquest or just Reconquest ( Spanish: ''Reconquista'') is the name of a period of Chilean history that started in 1814 with the royalist victory at the Battle of Rancagua and ended in 1817 with the patriot victory at the Battle of C ...

, the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Chile during the War of Independence ** Reconquista (Colombia), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession following a rebellion in what is now Colombia; see

Spanish reconquest of New Granada The Spanish reconquest of New Granada in 1815–1816 was part of the Spanish American wars of independence in South America and Colombian War of Independence. Shortly after the Napoleonic Wars ended, Ferdinand VII, recently restored to the ...

** Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic: *** Reconquista (Santo Domingo), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation ***

Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic The Annexation of the Dominican Republic to Spain ( Spanish: ''Anexión de la República Dominicana a España'') or Reintegration of Santo Domingo (''Reintegración de Santo Domingo'') was a five-year period in 1861–1865 during which the Domin ...

, the retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence **

Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico were efforts by the Spanish government to regain possession of its former colony of New Spain, resulting in episodes of war comprised in clashes between the newly born Mexican nation and Spain. The designatio ...

* Reconquista, the restoration of Portuguese colonial possession (or joint Portuguese and Spanish rule) following periods of Dutch occupation ** Reconquest of Angola **

Recapture of Bahia The recapture of Bahia (; ) was a Spanish–Portuguese military expedition in 1625 to retake the city of Bahia (now Salvador, Bahia, Salvador) in Brazil from the forces of the Dutch West India Company (WIC). In May 1624, Dutch WIC forces under ...

** Recapture of Recife *

Reconquista (Mexico) The ''Reconquista'' ("reconquest") is a term to describe an irredentist vision by different individuals, groups, and/or nations that the Southwestern United States should be politically or culturally returned to Mexico. Known as advocating a G ...

, an irredentist movement advocating restoration of Mexican sovereignty over territories taken by the United States * Operación Reconquista de España, the 1944 invasion of the Aran Valley by the Spanish Maquis

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Reconquista, Santa Fe Reconquista is a city in the north of the , from Santa Fe, Argentina, the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 99,288 inhabitants according to the . The city lies on a branch of the Paraná Riv ...

, a city in Argentina **

Reconquista Airport Reconquista Airport () , also known as Daniel Jukic Airport (es), is an airport serving Reconquista, a city in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. It is a domestic airport located south of the city. The airfield covers an area of and has a ...

** Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista *

Reconquista River The Reconquista River (Spanish, Río Reconquista) is a small river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Together with the Riachuelo, it is one of the most contaminated watercourses in the country. The Reconquista is part of the Río de l ...

, a river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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* "Reconquista", a 2011 song by Hangry & Angry * ''

La Reconquista de Buenos Aires ''La Reconquista de Buenos Aires'' () is an Argentine historical painting by Charles Fouqueray in 1909. It depicts the victory of Santiago de Liniers against William Carr Beresford during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate, a ...

'', a 1909 Argentine painting commemorating a historical event

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