The Mozarabs, or more precisely Andalusi Christians, were the Christians of al-Andalus, or the territories of Iberia under Muslim rule from 711 to 1492. Following the Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania, the Christian population of much of Iberia came under Muslim control.
Mozarabic church of Santiago de Peñalba
Page of Beato de Valladolid, representing the Apocalypse. 10th century.
León Antiphonary Folio (11th-century), León Cathedral
Mozarab mural painting from San Baudelio de Berlanga, now in the Prado Museum
The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in South-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia. It is divided between Continental Portugal and Peninsular Spain, comprising most of the region, as well as Andorra, Gibraltar, and a small part of Southern France. With an area of approximately 583,254 square kilometres (225,196 sq mi), and a population of roughly 55 million, it is the second-largest European peninsula by area, after the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Satellite image of the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula and Southern France, satellite photo on a cloudless day in March 2014
A model recreating the Chalcolithic settlement of Los Millares
An instance of the Southwest Paleohispanic script inscribed in the Abóbada I stele.
