province of granada Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/province-of-granada Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:02:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 FORTIFIED PALACE GRANADA, SPAIN http://toursmaps.com/fortified-palace-granada-spain.html http://toursmaps.com/fortified-palace-granada-spain.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:59:24 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221100 ARCHITECT UNKNOWN The fortified palace of the Alhambra (“red fortress”), set squarely on a hill in the upland city of Granada, is one of the wonders of Islamic architecture. It was built by southern Spain’s Muslim rulers, the sultans of the Nasrid dynasty, in the 13th and 14th centuries. Seen from a distance, its massive crenellated towers rising above the solid, red brick-and-stone walls that gave the palace its name, the Alhambra looks plain and forbidding. Yet inside, it is one of the world’s most intricately decorated buildings, and its arcades, columns, ceilings, doors, and archways are testimony to the

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