Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved medieval fortified city. Conquered by the Castilians in the 12th century, it ...

I had spent most of the journey gazing out of the window, my mind wandering to the stories I had heard about Córdoba—a seat of knowledge and the caliphate of the Umayyad dynasty for hundreds of ...