- published: 07 Dec 2011
- views: 1070
- author: thefilmarchived
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The Iberian Peninsula: Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar (1949)
thefilmarchive.org The Iberian Peninsula (Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, Spanish, Portugues...
published: 07 Dec 2011
author: thefilmarchived
The Iberian Peninsula: Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar (1949)
thefilmarchive.org The Iberian Peninsula (Asturian, Leonese, Mirandese, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician: Península Ibérica, Catalan: Península Ibèrica, Aragonese and Occitan: Peninsula Iberica, French: Péninsule Ibérique, Basque: Iberiar Penintsula), sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is the westernmost of the three major southern European peninsulas — the Iberian, Italian, and Balkan peninsulas. It is bordered on the southeast and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and on the north, west and southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The Pyrenees form the northeast edge of the peninsula, separating it from the rest of Europe. In the south, it approaches the northern coast of Africa. It is the second-largest peninsula in Europe, with an area of approximately 590000 km2 (230000 sq mi). The principal urban centres are: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Lisbon, Murcia, Palma, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Bilbao, Alicante, Córdoba, Valladolid, Vigo, Vila Nova de Gaia, Gijón, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, A Coruña, Porto, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Granada, Elche, Oviedo, Braga, Sintra, Coimbra and Setúbal. Various other notable cities are also present on the peninsula. The main metropolitan areas and conurbations over a million are: Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Valencia, Porto, Seville, Bilbao and Málaga. en ...
- published: 07 Dec 2011
- views: 1070
- author: thefilmarchived
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Iberian Peninsula
National Archives - Iberian Peninsula - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Ag...
published: 29 Jun 2011
author: PublicResourceOrg
Iberian Peninsula
National Archives - Iberian Peninsula - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film examines the geography, ethnology, and agriculture of the Iberian Peninsula. Footage includes information on iron mining, a hydroelectric station, and irrigation systems. - DVD Copied by IASL Scanner Jeremy Baron. - 1949 - ARC 651778 / LI 263.2025
- published: 29 Jun 2011
- views: 522
- author: PublicResourceOrg
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European Forgotten (Islamic) Heritage, The Iberian Peninsula - Dr Stef Keris
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published: 02 May 2012
author: teachpeace2U
European Forgotten (Islamic) Heritage, The Iberian Peninsula - Dr Stef Keris
- published: 02 May 2012
- views: 233
- author: teachpeace2U
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Wild Life - Iberian Europe
Follow us on Facebook: on.fb.me Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com This breathtaking series...
published: 02 Nov 2011
author: QuestarEntertainment
Wild Life - Iberian Europe
Follow us on Facebook: on.fb.me Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com This breathtaking series provides a magical tour of some of the world's most pristine beautiful places - full of biodiversity and lush with life! Natural bridges between continents create extraordinary richness, and unique flora and fauna seen nowhere else. Featuring groundbreaking and gorgeous nature cinematography, Wild Life lets you uncover seldom-seen secrets from the Earth's hidden regions. Iberian Europe: The Iberian Peninsula came into being when two opposing worlds created the Pyrenees Mountains. The North displays many of the features of continental Europe's ecosystems, but its isolation has preserved species in ways Europe never could. The peninsular Euro-Siberian forests are home to species like the wood grouse, which also lives in the colder regions of Europe. It's also home to several other remarkable species. Bears and wolves roam the peninsula, and so do large herbivores like the chamois and the Spanish ibex.
- published: 02 Nov 2011
- views: 2947
- author: QuestarEntertainment
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Light pollution, flyby over Iberian Peninsula
Research on Light Pollution. LICA - Astrophysics UCM Image Science and Analysis Laboratory...
published: 04 Dec 2011
author: M. Ángeles López Cayuela
Light pollution, flyby over Iberian Peninsula
Research on Light Pollution. LICA - Astrophysics UCM Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." ISS flew across the Iberian Peninsula on october 15th from 2h24m to 2h32m UTC
- published: 04 Dec 2011
- views: 372
- author: M. Ángeles López Cayuela
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Rome Total War - Julii Campaign Part 32: Red flags over the Iberian Peninsula
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published: 18 May 2012
author: ColdMeat247
Rome Total War - Julii Campaign Part 32: Red flags over the Iberian Peninsula
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- published: 18 May 2012
- views: 2486
- author: ColdMeat247
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Zabar's Cheese Plate of the Week - The Best of the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula is the second biggest Peninsula in Europe. Made up of Spain, Portuga...
published: 13 Nov 2009
author: zabarsisny
Zabar's Cheese Plate of the Week - The Best of the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula is the second biggest Peninsula in Europe. Made up of Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, and a very small piece of France, it is rich in history and heritage. Full of great beaches, beautiful cities and rugged terrain, this region is also full of delicacies including many cheeses that are sought after the world over. These cheeses are just as unique as the Peninsula itself with their different shapes, recipes and flavors. As availability has increased for these cheeses, so has their popularity making it only natural for us to spend some time talking about them.
- published: 13 Nov 2009
- views: 430
- author: zabarsisny
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Iberian-CeltIberian and Celtic Warriors of Iberia.
This video is the work of Ibercalafell a reenactment group from Spain.This video depicts W...
published: 28 Oct 2011
author: OurOxygen
Iberian-CeltIberian and Celtic Warriors of Iberia.
This video is the work of Ibercalafell a reenactment group from Spain.This video depicts Warriors from the Iberian peninsula.Enjoy.
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 2874
- author: OurOxygen
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Iberian Lynx - Lince iberico
The Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus, is a critically endangered species native to the Iberian ...
published: 01 Oct 2011
author: Mark Andrews
Iberian Lynx - Lince iberico
The Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus, is a critically endangered species native to the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe. It is currently the rarest cat species in the world. This Lynx family was filmed in the Sierra de Andujar National Park in Andalucia, Spain. The female, 'Elam' is radio-collared to enable further research study. It was filmed using a combination of a Swarovski ATS65HD Telescope, the superb 25x50WA Zoom Eyepiece, a DCA and a Panasonic Lumix G2 Camera in September 2011. Music courtesy of Moby with the track 'Blackroom', used with permission from - www.mobygratis.com
- published: 01 Oct 2011
- views: 4056
- author: Mark Andrews
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Moorish Iberia.avi
This is the final part exploring Moorish Architecture and I dedicate this concluding part ...
published: 17 Mar 2010
author: Wassil29
Moorish Iberia.avi
This is the final part exploring Moorish Architecture and I dedicate this concluding part to the Iberian peninsula. Excellent examples of this Architecture is to be found in abundance in Iberia ranging from infrastructure like bridges, roads, water irrigation canals .. to elaborate palaces and impressive castles. I hope that these Videos have shed some light into who the Moors were and perhaps Make those who watch these videos seriously question the ridiculous claims made American Black Supremacists who propagate the fantasy that Moorish civilisation came from Sub-Saharan Africa.
- published: 17 Mar 2010
- views: 812
- author: Wassil29
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Iberian - CeltIberian and Celtic Warriors
This video depicts warriors from the Iberian peninsula and the Celtic world.Enjoy....
published: 28 Oct 2011
author: OurOxygen
Iberian - CeltIberian and Celtic Warriors
This video depicts warriors from the Iberian peninsula and the Celtic world.Enjoy.
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 1338
- author: OurOxygen
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Faro Humano - 80 nights around the iberian peninsula
Exposition of the "faro humano" project in the Casa de Campo park of Madrid. Swiss photogr...
published: 28 Dec 2011
author: Beat D. Hebeisen
Faro Humano - 80 nights around the iberian peninsula
Exposition of the "faro humano" project in the Casa de Campo park of Madrid. Swiss photographer Heinz Hebeisen has travelled in 80 nights around the iberian peninsula. El fotógrafo suizo Heinz Hebeisen ha presentado al aire libre su exposición "faro humano". Para ver las fotografías, los visitantes tenían que acudir con linternas y adentrase en la oscuridad de la Casa de Campo de Madrid. Es el resultado de su viaje en 80 noches alrededor de Iberia. Ausstellung im Casa de Campo Park von Madrid des Projektes "Faro Humano". Der Fotograf Heinz Hebeisen hat die iberische Halbinsel in 80 Nächten von Leuchtturm zu Leuchtturm umrundet.
- published: 28 Dec 2011
- views: 756
- author: Beat D. Hebeisen
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MOORISH CIVILIZATION-AMAZIGH PEOPLE(MUSLIM/JEWISH) IN IBERIA
AL ANDALUS MOORS CIVILISATION-AMAZIGH PEOPLE(MUSLIM/JEWISH) IN The Iberian Peninsula The I...
published: 26 Jun 2008
author: samysamy25
MOORISH CIVILIZATION-AMAZIGH PEOPLE(MUSLIM/JEWISH) IN IBERIA
AL ANDALUS MOORS CIVILISATION-AMAZIGH PEOPLE(MUSLIM/JEWISH) IN The Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar In 711 CE, a North African Moorish Umayyad army invaded Visigothic Christian Hispania. Under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, they landed at Gibraltar and brought most of the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule in an eight-year campaign. Al-ʾAndalūs (Arabic الإندلس : Land of the Vandals) is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors and its subsesquent inhabitants. The Reconquista, 790-1300. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, parts of the Iberian peninsula were ruled by the Moors (Berbers) who had crossed over from North Africa. Many of the ousted Gothic nobles took refuge in the unconquered north Asturian highlands. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the Moors: this war of reconquest is known as the Reconquista. Christian and Muslim kingdoms fought and allied among themselves. The Muslim taifa kings competed in patronage of the arts, the Way of Saint James attracted pilgrims from all Western Europe and the Jewish population of Iberia set the basis of Sephardic culture.
- published: 26 Jun 2008
- views: 19850
- author: samysamy25
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Orthodox Georgia (Iveria) allotted portion (Appanage) of the Mother of God (Theotokos)
The All-immaculate Virgin herself during her earthly lifetime had received the Apostolic a...
published: 09 Jan 2009
author: Iberi1
Orthodox Georgia (Iveria) allotted portion (Appanage) of the Mother of God (Theotokos)
The All-immaculate Virgin herself during her earthly lifetime had received the Apostolic allotment for the enlightening of Iberia, but an Angel of the Lord appeared to her and foretold that Iberia would become her earthly "allotted portion" only after upon her repose. Iberia, also known as Georgia or Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli, corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia, including Shida Kartli - so called South Ossetia (CURRENTLY UNDER RUSSIAN OCCUPATION). The Caucasian Iberians provided a basis for later Georgian statehood and along with Colchis nearly triangular ancient western Georgian Kingdom (including Abkhazia - early western Georgian state CURRENTLY UNDER RUSSIAN OCCUPATION) formed a core of the present day Georgian people. The term Caucasian Iberia (or Eastern Iberia) is used to distinguish it from the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian Peninsula, or Western Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, where the present day Kingdom of Spain and Portuguese Republic are located.
- published: 09 Jan 2009
- views: 14537
- author: Iberi1
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TOLEDO طليطلة توليدو טולדו
www.jorgemolina.com
This is a Gift for all my arab and jewish friends that keep Spain in t...
published: 10 May 2009
author: Jorge Molina Lamothe
TOLEDO طليطلة توليدو טולדו
www.jorgemolina.com
This is a Gift for all my arab and jewish friends that keep Spain in their hearts. You can purchase the original footage clips at www.pond5.com (very nice prices)
It was gathered from a Long Ranger Bell helicopter, using Sony 950 HD camera mounted on a Cineflex system, a morning on August 2008. Not to forget.
Music: Kiya Tabassian
Toledo, Spain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founded 7th century
Toledo (Latin: Toletum) is a municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire and place of coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures. Many famous people and artists were born or lived in Toledo, including Al-Zarqali, Garcilaso de la Vega, Alfonso X and El Greco. It was also the place of important historic events such as the Visigothic Councils of Toledo. As of 2007, the city has a population of 78,618 and an area of 232.1 km² (89.59 square miles).
Toledo once served as the capital city of Visigothic Spain, beginning with Liuvigild (Leovigild), and was the capital until the Moors conquered Iberia in the 8th century. Under the Caliphate of Cordoba, Toledo enjoyed a golden age. This extensive period is known as La Convivencia, i.e. the co-existence of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Under Arab rule, Toledo was called Tulaytulah (Arabic طليطلة, academically transliterated Ṭulayṭulah).
On May 25, 1085 Alfonso VI of Castile took Toledo and established direct personal control over the Moorish city from which he had been exacting tribute, and ending the mediaeval Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo . This was the first concrete step taken by the combined kingdom of Leon-Castile in the Reconquista by Christian forces.
Toledo was famed for its production of iron and especially of swords and the city is still a center for the manufacture of knives and other steel implements. When Philip II moved the royal court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, the old city went into a slow decline from which it never recovered.
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.
Arts and culture
Toledo reached its zenith in the era of Islamic Caliphate. Historian P. de Gayangos writes:
The Muslim scientists of this age were not rivaled in the world. Perhaps among their greatest feats were the famous waterlocks of Toledo.[1]
The old city is located on a mountaintop with a 150 degrees view, surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River, and contains many historical sites, including the Alcázar, the cathedral (the primate church of Spain), and the Zocodover, a central market place.
From the 4th century to the 16th century about thirty synods were held at Toledo. The earliest, directed against Priscillian, assembled in 400. At the synod of 589 the Visigothic King Reccared declared his conversion from Arianism; the synod of 633 decreed uniformity of liturgy throughout the Visigothic kingdom and took stringent measures against baptized Jews who had relapsed into their former faith. The council of 681 assured to the archbishop of Toledo the primacy of Spain.
As nearly one hundred early canons of Toledo found a place in the Decretum Gratiani, they exerted an important influence on the development of ecclesiastical law. The synod of 1565–1566 concerned itself with the execution of the decrees of the Council of Trent; and the last council held at Toledo, 1582–1583, was guided in detail by Philip II.
Toledo was famed for religious tolerance and had large communities of Muslims and Jews until they were expelled from Spain in 1492 (Jews) and 1502 (Muslims). Today's city contains the religious monuments the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, the Synagogue of El Transito, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz and the church of San Sebastián dating from before the expulsion, still maintained in good condition. Among Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews, in their various diasporas, the family name Toledano is still prevalent - indicating an ancestry traced back to this city (the name is also attested among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries).
In the 13th century, Toledo was a major cultural center under the guidance of Alfonso X, called "El Sabio" ("the Wise") for his love of learning. The program of translations, begun under Archbishop Raymond of Toledo, continued to bring vast stores of knowledge to Europe by rendering great academic and philosophical works in Arabic into Latin. The Palacio de Galiana, built in the Mudéjar style, is one of the monuments that remain from that period.
The Cathedral of Toledo (Catedral de Toledo) was built between 1226-1493 and modeled after the Bourges Cathedral, though it
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THE ADVENTURES OF A NOBODY
One from the swinemagazine archive.
The Adventures of a Nobody
The call came in...
published: 20 Aug 2011
author: Saddle Sore
THE ADVENTURES OF A NOBODY
One from the swinemagazine archive.
The Adventures of a Nobody
The call came in on the Motorola flip thing - one of them first models that weighed a ton. 'Get your self a transit van and get yourself down to the smoke'. So six hours later I was in the smoke hooking up with Gerry 'Dog Cum' - He got his nick name from obviously being on the receiving end of some mutts love juice, the mutt being a mates staff which was asleep on the couch having a wet dream when Gerry got in it's firing line. He had a jet ski that needed delivering to Ibiza - without going into specifics some sweaty had a debt with the lads and had his jet ski confiscated and with the lads needing a play thing for their summer chilling out on Sellinas beach, I cop for a free holiday.
With my pockets bulging with jock twenties (exies given to me by Dog Cum) I was off in the van with only a small Sony tape machine on the front seat and three tapes for company, oh and of course a jet ski in the back. The three tapes were:
1) The Flying Teapot - Gong. For those scary night-time speeding in the fast lane motorway drives. There is nothing better for getting the adrenaline pumping than trying to dodge your way through the wagons and their spray, whilst descending down over the Massif Central into Montpelier at 120kmph in the pitch black in the middle of a relentless thunder storm, in a van with balding tyres and grinding brakes, with the wipers on full whack and visibility still down to zero thanks to the steamed up windscreen, with "I am, you are, we are crazy" pumping on the stereo. I think Fergie refers to it as squeaky bum time.
2) Rubber Soul - side A, Revolver - side B Beatles tape. For those picking up some female hitchhiker type drives. They're a great ice-breaker the Beatles, everyone loves them especially foreigners. So you can while away the first hour or so after picking the victim...errr...I mean passenger up, by chatting the usual fab four fables "me mother went to school with Paul McCartney and me dad fixed Ringo's Ford Zephyr once... honest to god la" before you get on to more important issues like "If you let me in your knickers I'll promise to take you all the way to Marrakech" before they do a runner at the next toilet stop .
3) And some Italiano piano house mix conundrum kindly donated by Dog Cum, for those cruising around built up areas, wolf whistling the skirt with the windows down and the system up, for full on white van man mode type drives.
With my cranium a little worse for wear thanks to the Tequila slammers me and Dog Cum twatted the previous night In Break for the Border on Argyll Street and the jazz funk rollie I had for breakfast before departing, I got lost. Basically I had the mother of all whities and ended up going the wrong way on the M25 and before I knew it, It seemed easier to go to Harwich and catch the ferry to Holland instead of driving to Dover and catching the ferry to France (it was one hell of a whitie I tell thee). It was no hard ship really It just added a few extra milage to the jaunt and the ferry ride taking all night instead of just an hour and a half. With bars, cabarets and casinos to entertain me on board I thought I had made the right decision. On being woken up by the boats address system at 7 o'clock the next morning telling me to disembark, I knew I had made the wrong decision. My head felt as though all its brain juice had been vaporised by the presence of a killer axe in the head migraine, as it screamed 'GET ME SOME H2O YOU BASTARD'. My last memory of the night was crawling to my cabin on my hands and knees after downing shots of gin and vodka with a long haired biker from Birmingham, who I annoyingly kept calling Boon even though he kept reminding me his name was Ray and his fat arsed leather clad misses called Tina .(I was deffo on for a 3some until I collapsed off the bar stool)
I quickly got my bag and fucked off into the bowels of the boat to search for my van. As I rolled off the ferry I joined a queue of traffic fronted at the head by what I thought was just the Dutch immigration. On closer inspection it turned out to be not only the passport militia, but just the other side of their barrier there was a few Dutch plod randomly tuggin' drivers and giving them a Breathalyzer test. SHIT! A few hours previous I had been doing my Georgie Best impression with Fat Arse and Boon, how was I going to swerve this one? Luckily for me the plod were to busy with a gang of English louts in a mini-bus to take any notice of me as I wobbled past. I purchased a map and planned my route over a ouitmeister (Dutch ham and cheese omelette) breakfast at a near by cafe. Brussels, Paris, Barca then ferry over to I-bye, easy peasy lemon squeezie.
Not so, the Brussels ring was a 'mare and took hours. Paris wasn't too bad as I just skirted around the bottom on my way heading south. The problem started when I was becoming tired and was looking for
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Iberian Images
Five short slideshows featuring some of the wondrous sights of Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona a...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Paul Silverman
Iberian Images
Five short slideshows featuring some of the wondrous sights of Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona and other locations on the Iberian peninsula.
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Iberian Lynx
The Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus, is a critically endangered species native to the Iberian ...
published: 02 Oct 2011
author: Mark Andrews
Iberian Lynx
The Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus, is a critically endangered species native to the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe. It is currently the rarest cat species in the world with only around 250 individuals.
This Lynx family was filmed in the Sierra de Andujar National Park in Andalucia, Spain. The female, 'Elam' is radio-collared to enable further research study. It was filmed using a combination of a Swarovski ATS65HD Telescope, the superb 25x50WA Zoom Eyepiece, a DCA and a Panasonic Lumix G2 Camera in September 2011.
Music used with the permission of Mobygratis and the track 'Blackroom'
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Extremadura, Spain Unplugged #1 Madrid
davidsbeenhere.com In this episode David takes a flight from Miami to Madrid where he begi...
published: 28 Jul 2011
author: Davidsbeenhere
Extremadura, Spain Unplugged #1 Madrid
davidsbeenhere.com In this episode David takes a flight from Miami to Madrid where he begins his 25 day trip through the western Iberian peninsula, passing through the region of Extremadura and going on into Portugal. Here in Madrid David gets a chance to visit his beautiful baby nephew, he also stays in the boutique hotel Las Meninas and shows us a little bit of what life is like in Madrid. Be sure to check out the DBH travel guides for Madrid. www.youtube.com Travel with me at blog.davidsbeenhere.com
- published: 28 Jul 2011
- views: 728
- author: Davidsbeenhere
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23Hz & Numaestro - Praise Dub - IBR001
Title: (Side A) Al-Andalus / (Side B) Praise Dub Label: Iberian Records Catalogue No: IBR0...
published: 01 Sep 2009
author: iberianrecords
23Hz & Numaestro - Praise Dub - IBR001
Title: (Side A) Al-Andalus / (Side B) Praise Dub Label: Iberian Records Catalogue No: IBR003 Style: Dubstep Format: 12 Vinyl and Digital Origin: Portugal/Spain (Iberian Peninsula) Release Date: 3rd December 2007 Mastering: Transition Studios UK Distribution: ST Holdings UK
- published: 01 Sep 2009
- views: 1961
- author: iberianrecords
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Georgia - the first Orthodox country in the world
From 303, Saint Nino of Cappadocia later honoured as 'Equal to the Apostles preached Ortho...
published: 11 Jul 2010
author: GeorgienSS
Georgia - the first Orthodox country in the world
From 303, Saint Nino of Cappadocia later honoured as 'Equal to the Apostles preached Orthodox Christianity in the Georgian kingdom of Iberia (Eastern Georgia). And it was adopted as the state religion by the rulers of Iberia, King (later Saint) Mirian III and Queen (later Saint) Nana. The country adopted Saint George as its patron saint. Georgian Orthodox tradition also holds that Georgia is a country under the special protection and intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and affection for the Theotokos runs very deep in Georgian Orthodox consciousness. The All-immaculate Virgin herself during her earthly lifetime had received the Apostolic allotment for the enlightening of Iberia, but an Angel of the Lord appeared to her and foretold that Iberia would become her earthly "allotted portion" only after upon her repose. Iberia, also known as Georgia or Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli, corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia, including Shida Kartli - so called South Ossetia (CURRENTLY UNDER RUSSIAN OCCUPATION). The Caucasian Iberians provided a basis for later Georgian statehood and along with Colchis nearly triangular ancient western Georgian Kingdom (including Abkhazia - early western Georgian state CURRENTLY UNDER RUSSIAN OCCUPATION) formed a core of the present day Georgian people. The term Caucasian Iberia (or Eastern Iberia) is used to distinguish it from ...
- published: 11 Jul 2010
- views: 7658
- author: GeorgienSS
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Al-Andalus : The Mezquita (Cordoba Mosque) مسجد قرطبة
Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأندلس) was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Penin...
published: 14 Mar 2008
author: EgyMuslim24
Al-Andalus : The Mezquita (Cordoba Mosque) مسجد قرطبة
Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأندلس) was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492. It refers to the Umayyad Caliphate province (711-750), Emirate of Cordoba (c. 750-929) and Caliphate of Cordoba (929-1031) and its "taifa" ("successor") kingdoms. As the Iberian Peninsula was eventually regained by Christians re-expanding southward in the process known as the Reconquista, the name Al-Andalus came to refer to the Muslim-dominated lands of the former Visigothic Hispania. In 1236, the Reconquista progressed to the last remaining Islamic stronghold, Granada, achieved by the forces of Ferdinand III of Castile. Granada was a vassal state to Castile for the next 256 years, until January 2, 1492, when Boabdil surrendered complete control of Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella, Los Reyes Cat?licos ("The Catholic Monarchs"). The Portuguese Reconquista culminated in 1249 with the conquest of Algarve by Afonso III. The Mezquita (Spanish word for "mosque") dates back to the 10th century when Cordoba reached its zenith under a new emir, Abd ar-Rahman III who was one of the great rulers of Islamic history. At this time Cordoba was the largest, most prosperous cities of Europe. Related Video: An Islamic History of Europe www.youtube.com
- published: 14 Mar 2008
- views: 56159
- author: EgyMuslim24
