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An 1874 oil on canvas painting, In a Villa By the Seaside, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. (Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, USA)

Taifas ("factions" or "camps") were small independent Muslim kingdoms and principalities that emerged after the fall of hegemonic Muslim caliphates in al-Andalus – the Muslim-controlled part of the Iberian peninsula – during the High Middle...

An image of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) seeking an audience with Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516). Painted by Eugène Delacroix in 1839. Oil on Canvas. Located in the Toledo Musuem of Art in Toledo...

An 1896 oil on canvas landscape, Roofs of Old Rouen, Grey Weather, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist has built up his composition using blocks of grey and red and the brushwork varies across...

An 1867 oil on canvas still life by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. (Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA)

Portrait of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (l. 1507-1582) by Antonis Mor, 1557. Hispanic Society Museum and Library, New York.

A map illustrating the fragmented political situation in Al-Andalus (the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula) after the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba in 1031. Known as taifas (from Arabic "party" or "faction"), numerous...

This Visigothic votive crown is from 7th-century Spain, and it was made from gold, elements of nacre, amethysts, sapphires, emeralds, and glass beads. It was discovered in 1860 in the "Treasure of Guarrazar" near Toledo, Spain. (Musée de...

Napoleon at the Battle of Eylau, 7-8 February 1807. Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1807. Toledo Museum of Art.

A rapier signed by the Spanish swordmaker Juan Martinez in 1580 CE. The handle is decorated with gold, copper wire, wood, and velvet. Toledo, Spain. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)