Day 535 - 01/04/2015 : Siurana cliffs

If you look closely at the surrounding cliffs of Siurana, you will realise why no one was able to conquer it for three centuries, and why the ending was so tragic.
Before being overwhelmed by the Christians, the Moorish queen, Abdelazia, preferred to cast herself off the summit with her horse. The animal, terrified in its futile resistance, left the permanent imprint of its horseshoe on the rock.
It was a defensive point and impassable border with the Islamic world. Siurana was the last Moorish stronghold in Catalonia and fell at last in 1153 after the more important bastions of Lleida and Tortosa had fallen.
A historic town for a historic country !