Friday, February 15, 2013

Door at the Alhambra

Granada, (Andalucía) Spain

This magnificent and mind-blowing UNESCO World Heritage Site (1984) is one of the most visited in Spain.  It was originally constructed as a fortress in 889 and then converted into an Islamic royal palace for the Muslim Emirs in Spain.  Their reign ended in 1492 when the Catholic Monarchs took it over.

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