Alhambra

A magnificent palace and fortress complex in Granada, Spain, built by the Nasrid dynasty. Considered the pinnacle of Islamic architecture in Western Europe, the Alhambra represents the final flowering of Islamic art and culture in Al-Andalus.

Granada was the capital of the last Islamic kingdom in Iberia, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty from 1238 to 1492 CE. Home to the Alhambra, it was the final chapter of Islamic Al-Andalus, surviving two and a half centuries through diplomacy and culture before falling in 1492.