Interactive Territory Map
Watch how territory control shifted over 781 years of the Reconquista. Use the slider to travel through time from the Muslim conquest to the fall of Granada.
Territory Control Over Time
Umayyad Conquest
Muslims control most of Iberia
About This Visualization
This interactive map shows the approximate territorial control during key moments of the Reconquista. The percentages represent the relative control of Christian kingdoms (blue) versus Muslim territories of Al-Andalus (green).
Watch as Christian kingdoms gradually expanded from their northern strongholds, while Muslim control receded until only Granada remained, finally falling in 1492.
Christian Kingdoms
Asturias, León, Castile, Aragon, Navarre, and Portugal gradually expanded southward over eight centuries.
Al-Andalus
Muslim territories including the Caliphate of Córdoba, Taifa kingdoms, and finally the Emirate of Granada.
Explore the battles and events that shaped this transformation