However, as it had been for the Romans and Visigoths, the Moors did not find mountainous territory easy to conquer, and the lands along Spain's northern coast never fully became part of Islamic Spain.
Men som det gik romerne og visigoterne, så opdagede maurerne også, at det ikke var let at erobre bjergområderne, og landet ved Spaniens nordkyst blev aldrig fuldstændigt indlemmet i det islamiske Spanien.