Posts Tagged ‘Spanish products’
Olive oil, oranges and sherry – these iconic Spanish products come out of the land of Andalusia, of its rolling hills baked to pale brown by the southern sun. Seville, Granada, Cordoba – these are the magical names of the great historic cities of Andalusia, famed worldwide. The Alcazar, the Alhambra – these global bywords for exotic beauty are actually the great Moorish palaces of Andalusia.
With all these superb attributes, it’s hardly surprising that the international image of Spain is very heavily weighted with the sights, sounds and tastes of Andalusia, that southernmost region imbued with the loveliness of the Moorish Islamic civilisation which lasted for almost eight centuries.
Forming more than a seventh of the Iberian peninsula, boasting both a Mediterranean and an Atlantic coastline Read the rest of this entry »