Example sentences for: reconquista

How can you use “reconquista” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In 1415, long after the Reconquista was completed, a Portuguese fleet assembled on the River Tagus in Lisbon for an assault on the Moors in their homeland.

  • The older, Moorish part of town (La Ciudad) lies to the south of the ravine, linked by an 18th-century bridge to El Mercadillo, the modern district that arose after the Reconquista.

  • The long struggle by Christians to expel the Moors (a campaign known as the Reconquista, or Reconquest) began towards the end of the eighth century a.d.

  • With its triumverate of Moorish, Reconquista, and Renaissance roots clearly visible, Tavira, one of the true gems of the Algarve, is one of the region’s most historically rich cities.

  • Ferdinand III rode his horse to the top following the Reconquista in 1248.


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