Reconquista (disambiguation)
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The Reconquista was the gradual military retaking ("reconquering") of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.
Reconquest or Reconquista may also refer to:
- Bloodless reconquest, the restoration of colonial government in Spanish New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
- Reconquista (Spanish America), restoration of Spanish colonial possession in the New World, typically control of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe
- Reconquest (Chile), restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Chile during the War of Independence
- Reconquista (Colombia), restoration of Spanish colonial possession following a rebellion in what is now Colombia
- Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic:
- Reconquista (Santo Domingo), restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation
- Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic, retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence
- Reconquista, restoration of Portuguese colonial possession (or joint Portuguese and Spanish rule) following periods of Dutch occupation
- Reconquista (Mexico), a modern irredentist movement advocating the restoration of Mexican control over territory now part of the United States
- Operación Reconquista de España, the 1944 invasion of the Aran Valley by the Spanish Maquis
Places
- Reconquista, Santa Fe, a city in Argentina
- Reconquista River, a river in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other uses
- "Reconquista", a 2011 song by Hangry & Angry
- La Reconquista de Buenos Aires, a 1909 Argentine painting commemorating a historical event
- One of two names given to the 9th crusade in the Hellsing Ultimate anime series
See also
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