Alfajor
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An alfajor or alajú is a traditional confection. Originally from present-day Spain, it is found now in Argentina, Bolivia, Southern Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, S
Two alfajores
Spanish-style alfajores in Andalusia
Former Merengo alfajores factory since 1851
Alfajor Santafesino
Al-Andalus
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Al-Andalus refers to the various Muslim ruled territories on the Iberian Peninsula that existed between 711 and 1492. At its height, it covered the entirety of Spain and Portugal, as well as parts of
Alfajor
…Ecuador, El Salvador, Southern France, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The alfajor was born in Iberia during the rule of al-Andalus. The Spanish alfajor is produced in the form of a small cylinder and is sold either individually or in boxes containing several pieces. Traditional…
19th-century portrait of Abd al-Rahman I, from Estoria de España
Interior of the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, the former Great Mosque built by Abd ar-Rahman I in 785, later expanded by his successors
Abd al-Rahman III receiving John of Gorze, ambassador of Otto I, at the Medina Azahara, by Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer, 1885
A silk textile fragment from the last Muslim dynasty of Al-Andalus, the Nasrid Dynasty (1232–1492), with the epigraphic inscription "glory to our lord the Sultan".