alhambra granada spain history

The Moorish influence can best be seen in the amazing Alhambra in Granada.... I also love the fact that in Andalucia you can find great examples of architecture and interior design that combine the local tradition and history with a modern approach just like this artist's retreat named 'Welcome Beyond' in the natural park Sierra Maria... In general, Spain has a great deal of creative minds that enrich the European scene when it comes to interior design, furniture etc.


The Alhambra: Historical


The Alhambra, Granada


The Alhambra in Spain is


Generalife, Alhambra


Alhambra, Granada, Spain


Alhambra grounds, Granada

Like countless visitors to southern Spain before me, I stood next to the Alhambra, spread out on the plateau rising above the modern city of Granada, listening for whispers from the ghosts of centuries past.... Granada is a city with many layers of history. This town, center of the last of the great Moorish kingdoms to fall to the Christian Reconquista of the Iberian peninsula, has the best preserved ruins from the time when Islam was the dominant religion of Spain. The last...
Granada: Echoes of the Moors

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alhambra granada spain history