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What was the last Moors stronghold?

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The great Christian victory (1212) of Navas de Tolosa prepared the way for the downfall of the Muslims. C—rdoba fell to Ferdinand III of Castile in 1236. The wars went on, and one by one the Moorish strongholds fell, until only Granada remained in their hands.

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