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[[File:116 Tafel 6 Grenada Alhambra - Plano del Palacio Arabe.jpg|thumb|Plan of the Palacio Arabe 1889]]
[[File:116 Tafel 6 Grenada Alhambra - Plano del Palacio Arabe.jpg|thumb|Plan of the Palacio Arabe 1889]]
The '''Alhambra''' (from Arabic {{lang|ar|الْحَمْرَاء}} = Al-Ħamrā', literally "the red fort"; the complete name was {{lang|ar|الْقَلْعَةُ ٱلْحَمْرَاءُ}} = al-Qal'at al-Ħamrā' = "the red fortress") is a palace and fortress complex of the [[Moors|Moorish]] rulers of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]] in southern [[Spain]] (known as ''[[Al-Andalus]]'' when the fortress was constructed during the mid 14th century), occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of [[Granada]].
The '''Alhambra''' (from Arabic {{lang|ar|الْحَمْرَاء}} = Al-Ħamrā', literally "the red fort"; the complete name was {{lang|ar|الْقَلْعَةُ ٱلْحَمْرَاءُ}} = al-Qal'at al-Ħamrā' = "the red fortress") is a [[palace]] and fortress complex of the [[Moors|Moorish]] rulers of [[Emirate of Granada|Granada]] in southern [[Spain]] (known as ''[[Al-Andalus]]'' when the fortress was constructed during the mid 14th century), occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of [[Granada]].
== History ==
== History ==
In the [[Middle Ages]] the Alhambra was the residence of the [[Muslim]] rulers of Granada and their court, now it is one of Spain's major tourist attractions. There one can see the most famous [[Islamic Architecture]] of the country. Within the Alhambra, the Palace of Charles V was erected by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] in 1527.
In the [[Middle Ages]] the Alhambra was the residence of the [[Muslim]] rulers of Granada and their court, now it is one of Spain's major tourist attractions. There one can see the most famous [[Islamic Architecture]] of the country. Within the Alhambra, the Palace of Charles V was erected by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] in 1527.
The Muslim rulers lost Granada and Alhambra in 1492 without the fortress itself being attacked when King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and Queen [[Isabella of Castile]] took the surrounding region with an overwhelming force of numbers.
The Muslim rulers lost Granada and Alhambra in 1492 without the fortress itself being attacked when King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and Queen [[Isabella of Castile]] took the surrounding region with an overwhelming force of numbers.
== Media ==
== Media ==
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Image:Patio Paleis Karel V.jpg|Patio of the palace of Charles V
Image:Patio Paleis Karel V.jpg|Patio of the palace of Charles V
Image:Panorámica Alhambra y Sierra Nevada de fondo.jpg|Panoramic view
Image:Panorámica Alhambra y Sierra Nevada de fondo.jpg|Panoramic view
Image:Palacio de Comares.jpg|Guests in the Comares Palace
Image:Palacio de Comares.jpg|Guests in the Comares Palace
Image:Alhambra wall detail.jpg|Detail of a wall of the palacios nazaries
Image:Alhambra wall detail.jpg|Detail of a wall of the palacios nazaries
Image:Alhambra.1.ogv|Video walkthrough of the Alhambra - part 1
Image:Alhambra.1.webm|Video walkthrough of the Alhambra - part 1
Image:Alhambra.2.ogg|Video walkthrough of the Alhambra - part 2
Image:Alhambra.2.ogg|Video walkthrough of the Alhambra - part 2
Image:Alhambra.3.ogg|Video walkthrough of the Alhambra - part 3
Image:Alhambra.3.ogg|Video walkthrough of the Alhambra - part 3
File:Night view of Alhambra, Granada from Mirador de San Nicolas.jpg|Night view of Alhambra from Mirador de San Nicolas
File:Night view of Alhambra, Granada from Mirador de San Nicolas.jpg|Night view of Alhambra from Mirador de San Nicolas
File:Aa old gateway across rio darro in albaicin in granada.jpg|Remains of the ''Puente del Cadí'' (formerly ''Bāb al-Difāf''), an 11th-century Zirid fortification that enabled soldiers on the Sabika hill to access the river during times of siege
File:Aa old gateway across rio darro in albaicin in granada.jpg|Remains of the ''Puente del Cadí'' (formerly ''Bāb al-Difāf''), an 11th-century Zirid fortification that enabled soldiers on the Sabika hill to access the river during times of siege
File:Weeks Edwin Lord A Court in The Alhambra in the Time of the Moors.jpg|Weeks Edwin Lord A Court in The Alhambra in the Time of the Moors
File:Weeks Edwin Lord A Court in The Alhambra in the Time of the Moors.jpg|Weeks Edwin Lord A Court in The Alhambra in the Time of the Moors
File:-Courtyard of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada- MET DP366396.jpg|Pavilion in the Court of the Lions in 19th-century photo, showing the "oriental" dome added by Rafael Contreras in 1859, later removed by [[Leopoldo Torres Balbás]]
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== Related pages ==
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