The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great ...
Since the pre-Roman period, a fortified settlement has existed on the hill where Carcassonne now stands. In its present form it ...
Seven properties built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) in or near Barcelona testify to Gaudí’s exceptional creative contribution to the ...
The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers ...
Founded in the 11th century to protect the Spanish territories from the Moors, this 'City of Saints and Stones', the birthplace ...
Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the ...
Founded by Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros in the early 16th century, Alcalá de Henares was the world's first planned university city. ...
Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of Cordoba, an outpost of the ...
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the ...
The Mauritanian capital, founded in the 3rd century B.C., became an important outpost of the Roman Empire and was graced with ...
Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became a capital under Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), ...
Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was ...