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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.
'citadel') is a fortress at the western tip of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Its name comes from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah ), which became Alcazaba in Spanish. [ 1 ] : 9 It is the oldest surviving part of the Alhambra, having been built by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar , the founder of the Nasrid dynasty , after 1238.
Alhambra is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 1,213. It has a population of 1,213. Sierra de Alhambra is a mountain range close to the town.
The new theatre finally opened in 2008 and was named the Alhambra as a tribute to its famous former neighbor, the old Alhambra Maurice Chevalier. [2] The new Alhambra has faithfully continued the music hall tradition of the old one, with an eclectic array of performers [3] from the worlds of indie rock, jazz, punk rock, African American folk ...
The Spanish name Torre de la Cautiva, meaning 'Tower of the Captive (Lady)', is a "fanciful" name that does not have a historical reasoning. [2]: 58 The Arabic inscriptions inside the tower refer to it as the qalaḥurra, meaning a "tower palace" or a military tower used as a dwelling.
The Sala del Mexuar (Council Hall) in 1913, with some features of the Christian chapel still visible on the far wall before they were removed in modern restorations. The Alhambra was a palace complex and citadel begun in 1238 by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the founder of the Nasrid dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada. [6]
[1]: 245 The space between the Palacio del Partal Alto to the south and the outer Alhambra walls to the north was a large garden, the Riyad as-Sayyid ("Garden of the Sayyid", Sayyid being an honorific used by the Nasrids), which may have initially stretched from the Comares Palace in the west to the Torre de las Infantas in the east. Muhammad ...
Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures.The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Matheson, which was originally published in the May 1956 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and later adapted into a 1963 Twilight Zone episode.