Reconquista (disambiguation)

The Reconquista was the gradual military retaking ("reconquering") of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.

Reconquest or Reconquista may also refer to:

• Pueblo Revolt Reconquest, the restoration of colonial government in Spanish New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
• Reconquista de Buenos Aires, the restoration of Spanish control of Buenos Aires in 1806; see British invasions of the River Plate § First invasion
• Reconquista (Spanish America), the restoration of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World, typically control of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe
  • Reconquest (Chile), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Chile during the War of Independence
  • Reconquista (Colombia), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession following a rebellion in what is now Colombia; see Spanish reconquest of New Granada
  • Santo Domingo / Dominican Republic:
    • Reconquista (Santo Domingo), the restoration of Spanish colonial possession of Santo Domingo following a period of French occupation
    • Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic, the retaking of the former colony by Spain 17 years after it gained independence
  • Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico
• Reconquista, the restoration of Portuguese colonial possession (or joint Portuguese and Spanish rule) following periods of Dutch occupation
  • Reconquest of Angola
  • Recapture of Bahia
  • Recapture of Recife
• Reconquista (Mexico), an irredentist movement advocating restoration of Mexican sovereignty over territories taken by 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 Airport
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista
• 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

See also

• Conquista (disambiguation)
• Reconquête, a 2022 far-right French political party