This is one of two of the largest, most complete, and most ornate curtains to survive from the 1300s when it presumably hung in the royal Alhambra Palace in Granada ... The motto of the ruling Nasrid ...

It fell to Catholic monarchs Ferdinand II and Isabella I in January 1492 after Muhammad XII, the last Nasrid ruler, surrendered the land, which included the famous Alhambra Palace, as the ...

This military stronghold gives you a glimpse into Alhambra’s defensive past. Built after the Christian reconquest, this ...

Aesthetics aside, to really appreciate the Alhambra is to understand its history. The palace was primarily built between the 13th and 14th centuries by the Moorish Nasrid Dynasty (though small ...