... built in the 13th and 14th centuries by the Sultans of the ruling Nasrid dynasty. Their aim - to create a physical realisation of the descriptions of Paradise in Islamic poetry ...
(Gardens of the Generalife, planted by the Moors with roses, oranges and myrtle)
They knew a thing or two about designing with space, light, water and nature, those Moors ...
"Only Allah is victorious" reads the inscription above. I guess this meant nothing to the illiterate Christian reconquistadores who were already advancing as the Alhambra was being built, about to start on a brutal repression of both Muslims and Jews and their cultures.
View of old Granada from Alhambra Palace.
