January 2nd- The end of a bitter struggle

I am returning to my historical roots today. in 1492, on 2nd January the emirate of Granada surrendered to Spanish forces. This marked the end of the Reconquista. Begun almost 800 years earlier, the Reconquista was a campaign to retake the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. The final defeat of Moorish forces was a major factor in the growth of Spain as a major European power in the 1500s & 1600s. It must have been quite a party...