Walk a few blocks west and you’ll pass Moorish palaces and busy shopping streets, before the bulk of Catedral de Granada materialises. For those familiar enough with Spanish religious buildings ...

The Spanish Room ... especially, Moorish influences – most notably the concept that homes should appear fortress-like on the outside and paradisaical within. The palace’s layout includes ...

The palace was primarily built between the 13th and 14th centuries by the Moorish Nasrid Dynasty (though ... After the Conquest of Granada, Spanish rulers made the Alhambra more their own ...

What makes the Moorish palace so unique is that aside from its ... The impressive building now serves as the official ...

The tiles didn't just remain in Europe—they traveled with explorers, adorning homes and official buildings in colonies from ...

Mudejar towers and Spanish-Arab cisterns throughout the neighborhood. While there, stop by Calle Elvira and Calle Caldereria Nueva for tapas, visit the Moorish tea houses and spend some time ...