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Built in the 13th century for the rulers of the Nasrid Dynasty, the Alhambra attests to the rich influence of Arab culture in southern Spain. The earliest documents about the area date back to the 9th ...

Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2013 shows the ceiling decoration on the Hall of the Abencerrajes at the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra Palace is a palace and fortress complex located in ...

History always has intrigued me. It was only when I discovered just how much original research the discipline involved, much of it in foreign languages, that I changed my college major from history to ...

A video of a Syrian man reciting the Islamic call to prayer in Granada's historic Alhambra Palace in Spain has gone viral. Damascus born Mouaz Al-Nass, a singer and drummer, began chanting the adhan - ...

Once upon a time, Spain’s hilltop Alhambra palace glittered with gold. Over the centuries, though, the Islamic citadel’s ornate, gilded structures on its ceilings and elsewhere fell into disrepair, ...

Photo taken on June 17, 2021 shows a view of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra Palace is a fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was inscribed onto the world ...