Tag: Reconquista Portugal

Nestled in the historic town of Sintra, the Chapel of São Bartolomeu stands as a modest yet deeply significant emblem of Portugal’s Christian Reconquest. A structure that seems unassuming in comparison to the grandeur of Sintra’s other landmarks, this chapel carries layers of symbolic meaning, tying...

The Christian Reconquest, or Reconquista, was a centuries-long series of military campaigns by Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula to reclaim territories from Islamic rule. From the 8th century until 1492, this complex and often fraught struggle brought Christians, Muslims, and Jews into clo...