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The Moors fortified the city, developing the settlement into a major trading port serving Granada, and it was one of the last cities in Spain to be re-conquered by Christian forces in 1487.
Granada was the last of the great Moorish kingdoms of Andalucía to be re-conquered, and King Boabdil’s surrender to the Catholic Monarchs in January 1492 marked the end of the Muslim Empire in Spain.
Córdoba was re-conquered in 1236, and two small Christian chapels were added in 1258 and 1260.
It was re-conquered by Alfonso X in 1262 and granted the Monopoly of Trade with Africa by the Catholic Monarchs in 1493.
The next three centuries saw numerous battles, and it wasn’t until 1462 that Gibraltar was finally re-conquered by the Spanish.