4097 x 2730 px | 34,7 x 23,1 cm | 13,7 x 9,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
24. Dezember 2010
Ort:
Sacromonte District, City of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, viewed from Alhambra Palace
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City of Granada, Andalusia, Spain: View of the Sacromonte District and hillside from the Alhambra Palace. The Sacromonte lies just north of the Alhambra Palace and just east of the Moorish quarter of Albaicín. It is home to the City of Granada's thriving Roma community. The name Alhambra has its origins in an Arabic word meaning "red castle" and the Alhambra Palace is amongst the finest Islamic buildings in Europe. Construction probably began in the 9th century, but the buildings standing today were built chiefly between 1238 and 1358 in the reigns of Ibn al-Ahmar, founder of the Nasrid dynasty, the last Islamic kingdom in Western Europe, and his successors. The Alhambra became a Christian court in 1492 when Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile, conquered Granada and expelled the Moors. Habsburg Emperor Charles V, who ruled Spain as Charles I (1516 - 56), destroyed part of the Alhambra to build an Italianate palace. D0557.A6660