Andalucia has hidden depths. It's history goes back over 2 million years and it has played a pivotal role many times. Enjoy these articles that tell you a little more than the average travel guide.
The discovery of silver in the Sierra Almagrera in Cuevas del Almanzora municipality, Almeria, Andalucia caused silver fever in t ... >>>
From a core area in Almeria and Murcia the Agarian society expanded in Andalucia, Murcia and Alicante ... >>>
El Argar was the first State in the Iberian Peninsula from 2200 BC to 1550 BC ... >>>
The Argar Society originated in eastern Andalucia and western Murcia about 2200 BC ... >>>
Burial customs and inhumations of the Argar Society in Andalucia from 2200 BC to 1500 BC ... >>>
The Argarian society developed new ways of working with metals, introduced new weapons, had a political system unknown in Europe ... >>>
From a core area in Almeria and Murcia the Agarian society expanded in Andalucia, Murcia and Alicante ... >>>
The gold brought back from South America by the Spanish between 1495 and 1898 was an irresistible lure for monarchs and pirates a ... >>>
Almadraba are fish traps that have been used for thousands of years to catch bluefin tuna off the Atlantic coast of Cadiz, Andalu ... >>>
Amphora the container of choice for 4000 years from the Sumerians to the Romans. The ubiquitous amphora carried perishable goods ... >>>
'Beyond doubt the greatest scoundrel that ever sailed from England.' - English Ambassador to Venice 1622, of Jack Ward, an Englis ... >>>
The decision to put whole countries in the same time zone came about because of the railways ... >>>
The History of Flamenco, part of the culture of Andalucia Flamenco is regarded as quintessentially Andalucian ... >>>
Discover the street art of Huelva, Jaen, Malaga, Cadiz, Seville, Granada, Cordoba and Almeria ... >>>
By 1492, the Order of Santiago was more powerful even than the unifying monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castil ... >>>
Esparto grass in Andalucia from the Neolithic to the British involvement in the 19th century ... >>>
The ‘de la frontera’ towns were in the no mans land between the Emirate of Granada and the Christian lands in Andalucia ... >>>
Growing cork oak trees, Quercus suber, for commercial purposes is a long-term project. A cork oak tree is forty years old before ... >>>
The trebuchet went out of use in the 15th century yet, in 2013, during the Syrian civil war, rebels were filmed using a trebuchet ... >>>
The Order of Calatrava is the oldest military and religious Order in Spain, dating to its establishment by Sancho II, King of Cas ... >>>
The Rio Guadalquivir is 657 kilometres long and is the only major navigable river in Spain. Its source is in the Sierra de Cazorl ... >>>
The Zanclean Deluge - How the Mediterranean Sea was created 5.33 million years ago ... >>>
The Iberians created the first states in Andalucia. They are recognised for their large stone statues of animals, their oppidums ... >>>
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Building megalithic structures, dolmens, passage graves and corridor tombs created a sacred landscape for the Neolithic people th ... >>>
Mining in Huelva Province, Andalucia from the Copper Age to the 21st century including British mining companies in the 19th centu ... >>>
Mining in Málaga province, Andalucia, during the 19th and 20th centuries and the Marbella Iron Ore Company Limited ... >>>
Mining in Seville Province, Andalucia. Silver and coal with British mining companies ... >>>
Mining in Córdoba Province, Andalucia the influence of British mining companies ... >>>
The Alquife mining area in Granada province, Andalucia and the British companies that worked them ... >>>
History of mining in Jaen Province Andalucia British companies in Linares and La Carolina ... >>>
An explanation of Muslim, Arabs, Moors, Mozarabs, Conversos, Mudéjars and Moriscos in Andalucia ... >>>
In 711 AD Tariq ibn Ziyad with a Berber army landed in Hispania, an event known as the Moorish Invasion ... >>>
Muslim Occupation of al-Andalus from 711 AD to 756 AD also known as the dependent emirate ... >>>
Following the Moorish invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and the first occupation of what became known as al-Andalus, there follow ... >>>
Caliphate of Cordoba during the Umayyad Dynasty in al-Andalus 929 - 1031 AD ... >>>
The United Caliphate of Córdoba splintered into independent kingdoms called taifas. Each competed with its neighbours for land, ... >>>
The taifa period came to an end with the Almoravid invasion of al-Andalus in 1091 ... >>>
The Almoravids soon succumbed to a pleasure loving lifestyle and found it difficult to resist Christian incursions into al-Andalu ... >>>
The wealth and opulence of al-Andalus was remarked upon as early as the 10th century. It was most advanced civilisation in Europe ... >>>
The Emirate of Granada, founded by Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar, took 24 years to stabilise and endured for two and a half centuries ... >>>
Emirate of Granada 1272 - 1482 AD was a tributary state of the Christian kingdoms of Spain ... >>>
The Granada War 1482 - 1492 AD and the end the Emirate of Granada and al-andalus ... >>>
The Vikings’ first attack on the coast of Spain was in 844 AD during the reign of King Ramiro I of Asturias ... >>>
The Phoenicians originated in the Lebanon and became a successful group of traders throughout the Mediterranean Sea ... >>>
The Neolithic arrived in Andalucia about 6000 BC. They set up the first settlements and trading networks ... >>>
Phoenicians arrived in Andalucia about 840 BC. They established Cadiz and trading posts on the Mediterranean coast ... >>>
The Phoenicians rapidly set up coastal trading centres in Andalucia. There is little evidence to suggest they moved far inland. ... >>>
Growing competition between Greeks, Carthaginians and Phoenicians and unrest in the east hastened the end for the Phoenicians ... >>>
The Carthaginians adopted a more warlike attitude than the Phoenicians and this was to prove decisive. ... >>>
Mazarron II is a Phoenician trading vessel that sank about 650 BC off the coast of Mercia ... >>>
New thoughts on the evolution of Homo sapiens from Homo erectus in prehistoric Andalucia. Are we related to the Neanderthals? ... >>>
The Neanderthals lived in Andalucia from 500kya to about 45kya. Did the last of the Neanderthals meet modern humans? ... >>>
Explaining the terminology used in the Prehistoric Andalucia series of articles and exploring some of the more controversial conv ... >>>
Was the life of hunter-gatherers as solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short as Victorian historians thought? ... >>>
The climate in Andalucia from the last glacial maximum to the present day ... >>>
Was the transition from Neanderthal to modern humans delayed by the presence of the Neanderthals? Did they ever procreate? ... >>>
The Neolithic people managed to populate the whole of the Iberian peninsula within 1000 years and then they met the Mesolithic pe ... >>>
The last glacial maximum was not an easy time for modern humans in Andalucia, they almost became as extinct as the Neanderthals a ... >>>
The Mesolithic period in Andalucia was characterised by sudden changes in climate, rapidly depleting populations and correspondin ... >>>
It took about 3500 years for the 'Neolithic Package' to reach Andalucia from Anatolia in the Fertile Crescent. Was it a migration ... >>>
Second Punic War 218 - 201 BC | Rome takes over from Carthage Hispalis Ulterior - the Romans in Andalucia ... >>>
Having ousted the Carthaginians, Rome now had to contend with the local tribes in Hispania Ulterior, Iberians, Turdetani and Lusi ... >>>
The Romans borrowed technology from other civilisations. It enabled them to build aqueducts, amphitheatres, hippodromes and model ... >>>
Decline and Fall of the Romans in Andalucia over a period of over 200 years, the Romans left Andalucia ... >>>
First mentioned by the ancient Greeks, then the Romans and even the Bible, the Tartessians are still regarded as a mythical civil ... >>>
The Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Ltd was a British company set up in 1885 to build a railway line between Granada and ... >>>
On the same day that Cantoria station opened, the 11th June 1894, the line as far as Purchena, a further 15 kilometres was inaugu ... >>>
Just over a year after opening the line to Almedricos, on the 10th April 1891, the GSSR had completed the line as far as Huercal ... >>>
The distance from Seron to Baza is only 31 kilometres but in that stretch it passes through Hijate the highest point on the Great ... >>>
The El Hornillo ore loading dock at Aguilas in Murcia province was the end of the line for the Great Southern of Spain Railway. I ... >>>
The Spanish Civil War was the first war fought in Europe in which civilians became targets en masse, through bombing raids on tow ... >>>
Much of the military action during that first weekend of the Spanish Civil War took place at La Línea de la Concepción and both ... >>>
The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 ... >>>
The Early Years of the Spanish Inquisition persecuted conversos, not Jews although persecution of the Jews increased the numbers ... >>>
Once the Spanish Inquisition was established its spread like wildfire. It was an organisation that invented itself, made up the r ... >>>
Mr Henderson's Railway, the line from Algeciras to Ronda, was built by British engineers in the 19th century. It is a great feat ... >>>
Redefining the species. It is time to change our perception of the people that went before us and those we live amongst ... >>>
Calpeia, the first known Gibraltarian from 5400 BC was found in a cave at Europa Point Gibraltar in 1996. She proves Neolithic pe ... >>>
Gibraltar, Home to the Gorgon Medusa after gorgoneion found in Gorham's Cave shows ancient mariners revered the cave ... >>>
A royal boob prevented Gibraltar from being recognised as a city for 180 years. ... >>>
‘probably the most fought over and most densely fortified place in Europe, and probably, therefore, in the world’ - Field Mar ... >>>
The WWII Evacuation of Gibraltar. Following the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the British Government decid ... >>>
Following the fall of France in June 1940, Gibraltar was the only allied territory left in Europe. By July, Hitler was already co ... >>>
With the fall of France in June 1940, Gibraltar became the only allied territory on mainland Europe. It became the ‘Jewel in th ... >>>
Operation Relator was a plan to use Special Forces, trained in guerrilla warfare, sabotage, explosives, firearms, survival traini ... >>>
In 1982, amidst the Falklands Conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom, Operation Algeciras emerged as a significant eve ... >>>
Discover the intriguing tale of Operation Falaise, a covert operation during World War II aimed at disrupting German espionage ac ... >>>
Operation Felix, the German plan to capture Gibraltar in 1940 during World War 2 ... >>>
Soon after Italy entered WWII, Italian Regia Marina started underwater operations designed to sink allied shipping at Gibraltar. ... >>>
Operation Tracer. A secret WWII operation to insert men in concealed tunnels in Gibraltar, Malta and Aden to monitor German naval ... >>>
The Alhambra in Granada has a history spanning 2000 years from the Romans to the present day. ... >>>
The Orce archaeological site is providing evidence of human occupation in Europe over 1.2 million years ago. Now part of the Geop ... >>>
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