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europe's stubborn southwestern peninsula, where two countries share a border and centuries of side-eye.
means the landmass occupied by spain, portugal, andorra, and a sliver of france, bounded by the pyrenees and two seas.
from named by ancient greeks after the ebro river, which they called iberus; romans later ran with it and carved the whole peninsula into hispania.
pyrenees wallone mountain range explains centuries of isolation
iberian lynxonce the world's most endangered cat species
name twingeorgia's ancient kingdom was also called iberia
roman provinceconquest took nearly 200 years to finish
for instance
camino de santiago — pilgrim route crossing iberia, walked by 400,000+ people yearly
strait of gibraltar — just 13 km separates iberia from africa
reconquista — 781-year christian campaign ending in granada, 1492
douro river — carves portugal's port wine valley from spanish highlands