As we went up the mountains from Malaga on the coast, these were the kind of villages we saw.
The old part of the city of Granada looks very much like the old parts of the cities of Morocco. All built by the Moors.
This is the back door into the Alhambra. It had a large open area leading up to it making it a dangerous place to attack. One through the door, there is a long narrow hall to pass through where enemies can be picked off from above.
Every surface is an opportunity for art. This entire wall is made into art.

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Above is a link to a short video showing an incredibly ornate ceiling.

An ornately carved door.
This is the village inside the walls of the Alhambra. It was well protected for the 500 years or so of Moorish rule. But warfare changed dramatically in the late 15th century and the Moors surrendered as the Christian army approached.
All Muslim art is geometric. No depictions of people, places or things. Some mosaics here.
We’ve seen this all over the Muslim world. The name of god carved everywhere.
More ponds fed by runoff from the mountains.
A reflecting pool in the Alhambra.
A lot of pillars in this part of the Alhambra.
The lion fountain.
There was an area for growing food for the community inside the walls of the Alhambra.
An old open air theatre in the summer hunting lodge area of the Alhambra.
The mosaics around this tree are made to look like tree roots.
A line of old cedar trees.
Christians build their version of a palace when they took over from the Moors around 1500.