This is the story of Hugh Seymour-Davies and his wife, who decided to buy a tiny house in the heart of an Andalusian mountain village. The first strangers to settle in the community, they tell how they were warmly accepted by their neighbours, who bought pleasure and humour into their lives.

The bottlebrush tree: A village in Andalusia

History

Seymour-Davies, Hugh

Europe

Constable

<p>Andalusia [Philip's Travel Guides]</p>

Andalusia (Philip's Travel Guides)

Travel

Waite, Charlie

PHILIP\'S

Bottle-brush Tree

Black Swan.

Andalucia in its heyday, after the invasion of the Moors in 711, was famous for its wealth and fertility, and the province's Moorish character remains distinct; even before the Moors, the Phoenicians, the Romans and the Vandals had all been drawn to this beautiful land. The Moors cultivated science and the arts, and their influence was felt throughout western Europe - in the songs of the troubadours, the poems of Dante and the discoveries of Copernicus; their merchants enriched the province; their courtiers and architects set new standards of luxurious living. This glory finally ended in 1492, when the Christian armies of the Reconquista entered Granada, but much remains in the three Moorish towns of Cordoba, Seville and Granada, and the country round about, to recall the great times. Alfonso Lowe is an admirable guide, from the intricacies of the distinction between Mozarabic and Mudejar Moorish styles to the characteristic dishes to be found in restaurants and bars - and to the adjacent territories of Murcia and the greater part of Alicante.

The Companion Guide to the South of Spain (Companion Guides)

Religion & Spirituality

Lowe, Alfonso

Religious Studies

Companion Guides

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