Al-Andalus
Al-Qanṭara القنطرة
Today: Alcántara, Spain
- Years
- 711–1213
Al-Qanṭara, "the bridge", was named for the Roman bridge over the Tagus it guarded; the Order of Alcántara took its name from it after 1213.
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