Moorish Castle
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The Moorish Castle is the name given to a medieval fortification in Gibraltar comprising various buildings, gates, and fortified walls, with the dominant features being the Tower of Homage and the Gat
The Moorish Castle's Tower of Homage in Gibraltar flying the Union Flag.
View of the Moorish Castle's northern defences as seen from the Grand Battery in 1879
Queen Charlotte's Battery at the Moorish Castle.
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The term Moor is an exonym used in European languages to designate primarily the Muslim populations of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.
Moorish Castle
…Bastion) Landport Sea Gate (Grand Casemates Gates) Barcina Gate Galley House Site information Type Castle Owner Government of Gibraltar Controlled by Moors: 711–1309 Castilians: 1309—1333 Moors: 1333–1462 Castilians: 1462–1704 Habsburgs: 1704–1713 British: 1713–present Open to the public Yes Condition…
Depiction of Muslim army in Iberia, from The Cantigas de Santa Maria
Miniature from Alfonso X's Book of chess, dice and boards, completed in 1283, showing Muslims from Andalusia playing chess. Europeans loosely called the Muslims Moors, blending the name for both people of Arab, Berber, or other ancestry.
The Moors request permission from James I of Aragón, from Cantigas de Santa Maria
Illustration of Muslim musician (left) alongside a Christian musician (right) in a codice of the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria