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| | Spain - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | The 1085 conquest of the central city of Toledo had largely brought to an end the reconquest of the northern half of Iberia. |
 | | The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 heralded the collapse, within a few decades, of the great Moorish strongholds, such as Seville and Córdoba, in the south-west. |
 | | The autonomous communities of Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Navarre, Murcia, and Madrid are each composed of a single province. |
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