Alhambra
We spent Thanksgiving day at the Alhambra. It’s hard to know
what to say about one of the great architectural, historical and cultural sites
of the world, except Wow!
According to information, in summer the place hosts 6,000
people a day, hard to imagine, as it was plenty crowded as is.
I’m not going to say much about the site and its history.
That information is easily accessible on the web. But what is notable is the
site, on a hill overlooking the modern city , and the background, for the place
was established by the Moors as a palace, supported by a virtual town and
acitadel in the mid 14th century. It would go back and forth between
Christians and Muslims for another 150 years before the Aragonians seized it.
Everyone seemed to recognize the structure’s significance
and the Europeans overlayed the Moorish elements, added to them, abandoned
some, but did not efface the Islamic aspects of the place. Most notably Carlos
V added a palace and a citadel.
So, what I am going to post are some fairly random images
with some captions. There is no way these pictures can convey the place, it has
to be seen and experienced.
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