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The Alhambra (/ æ l ˈ h æ m b r ə /, Spanish:; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: al-ḥamrāʼ ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain.It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world.
[2] [1] A Roman theater, excavated and visible today, was built into the western slope of the hill in the 1st century AD. [3] After the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century, historical sources mention the existence of a fortress on the hill, constructed by Abd ar-Rahman I (r. 756–788) and including a mosque inside.
Palace of the Lions: one of the palaces preserved today; Partal Palace: one of the palaces preserved today; Palacio del Partal Alto: a former palace whose excavated remains are visible today; Palace of the Convent of San Francisco: a former palace whose remains were incorporated into a later Christian convent
The term "Moorish" or "neo-Moorish" sometimes also covered an appropriation of motifs from a wider range of Islamic architecture. [19] [89] This style was a recurring choice for Jewish synagogue architecture of the era, where it was seen as an appropriate way to mark Judaism's non-European origins.
The overall form of the palace courtyard – an elongated rectangle with two halls facing each other at either end – is found in many earlier palaces in Al-Andalus, including other Nasrid palaces in the Alhambra (e.g. Comares Palace), and precedents for this type can be found as far back as the 10th century in Madinat al-Zahra (near Cordoba ...
The boxing promoter Sid Grauman spent $800,000 on constructing a movie palace emblazoned with faux-Egyptian hieroglyphics, friezes, and columns. One of seven new movie theaters within the Pathé ...
In Muslim Spain many castle-palaces were built: ... Castle of the Moor, en Terzaga; Castle of the Moors ... Councils of Culture of the Junta de Andalucía [5] Province
The two movie palaces, under their current management, will close after Thursday's film showings. ... Hollywood director Jason Reitman led a group that bought the nearby Village, which launched as ...