Posted on 03/30/2020 10:47:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The whole northern coastal region of Spain was never conquered by the Muslims. In the late 8th century Charlemagne began to process of reconquest, adding the extreme northeastern part of Spain to his empire, but that area had been under Muslim rule for some decades.
Beautiful place... stayed there for a few days in the ‘70s when I was hitchhiking from Paris to Barcelona. Good skiing at a very reasonable price but the thing I remember was the duty free status... bought lots of neat stuff at reasonable prices.
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