- published: 04 Feb 2016
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The Reconquista (Spanish: [rekoŋˈkista], Portuguese: [ʁɛkõˈkiʃtɐ], Galician: [rekoŋˈkista], Catalan: Reconquesta [rəkuŋˈkɛstə], "Reconquest"; Arabic: الاسترداد trans. al-ʾIstirdād, [æl ʔɪstɪrˈdæːd], "the Recapturing") was a period of almost 800 years (539 years in Portugal) in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms succeeded in retaking the Muslim-controlled areas of the Iberian Peninsula broadly known as Al-Andalus. The Reconquista of Al-Andalus began soon after the Islamic conquest with an Asturian rebellion under the leadership of the nobleman Pelagius (also Pelayo).
The Islamic conquest of the Christian Visigothic Kingdom in the 8th century (begun 711) extended over almost the entire peninsula. After more than 700 years, the Reconquista was completed in 1492, when the last remaining Muslim government, the Nasrid dynasty of the Kingdom of Granada in southern Iberia, was defeated. With the Nasarid defeat, the entire Iberian Peninsula had been brought back under Christian rule.
Mas de ocho siglos
Intentando poder recuperar
Una tierra que fue nuestra
Y en el camino
Muchos de ellos quedarán
Intentando hechar al enemigo de su hogar
Reconquista
La batalla comenzó
Reconquista
Han luchado por su tierra
Por su pueblo y por su Dios
Han dejado en el camino
Su vida y su valor
Tras mil batallas
Acabó el reinado munsulmán
Y esta tierra fue ya nuestra
Y en el recuerdo
Una imagen quedará
La mirada de unos ojos tristes al marchar
Reconquista
La batalla comenzó
Reconquista
Lo que un dÃa como hombre
No supiste defender
Al dejar tu tierra lloras