Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved ... it became a royal town and bishopric endowed with important buildings, ...

A sword unearthed in Spain and nicknamed “Excalibur” after ... The Muslims, also known as the Moors, named their Iberian kingdom Al-Andalus, a title later tweaked to Andalusia.