Alhambra (out of order)

Below, these are glass skylights built into the roof. Advanced for the year 800. And above, this is the Alhambra at night, visible above our apartment (which is where we´re standing).




Some shots of the Alhambra. A few notes: The Islamic Moors built their palaces on the ruins of the Romans old town. They ruled for Granada for over 700 years. Then Charles the V (or Carlos the I as the Spanish call him) kicked them out and built a palace on top of theirs, only he thought their work was so beautiful that he left much of it there. So it is one of the few places in Europe to see a standing palace or mosque from the time of the Moorish rule (700 to 1492). That´s right, 1492. Anyway, you´ll notice no human images in Islam (not allowing it religiously) and amazing water structures. Ooohhh, la.

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