Order of Calatrava
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The Order of Calatrava is one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull confirming the Order of Cala
Castle of Calatrava la Nueva, former parent headquarters of the order
A Calatrava castle in Alcañiz
The Italian castrato singer Carlo Broschi in robes of the order. Behind, Ferdinand VI and his wife Barbara of Portugal, c. 1753.
A knight portrayed in the monastic cowl (1731)
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Islamic history as the Battle of Al-Uqab, took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the Reconquista and the history of medieval Spain
Order of Calatrava
…joined Iberian Christians. An early battle was the reconquest of Calatrava (1212), which was returned to its former masters. In the same year the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa turned the tide of Muslim domination in Spain. Having recovered its stronghold, and resumed the title of Calatrava (1216), the order nevertheless removed…
Portrayal of the battle by Francisco de Paula Van Halen (1864)
Almohad banner captured at the battle of Navas de Tolosa.
Monument at Navas De Tolosa (1881)