Gardens in Spain: Botanical Gardens in Spain, Community Gardening in Spain, Landscape Design History of Spain, Park G Ell, Alhambra

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Botanical gardens in Spain, Community gardening in Spain, Landscape design history of Spain, Park Guell, Alhambra, Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, Court of the Lions, Can Masdeu, Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alcazar of Seville, Parc del Laberint d'Horta, Botanical Garden of Santa Catalina, La Granjilla de La Fresneda de El Escorial, La Alameda, Seville, Spanish garden, Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid, Palacio de Galiana, Palmeral of Elche, Generalife, Plaza de Espana, Jardin Botanico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Huerta de la Alcurnia, Sabatini Gardens, Jardi Botanic de Barcelona. Excerpt: The Alhambra (, Spanish: Arabic:, Al- amr ', literally the red one), the complete form of which was Calat Alhambra (, Al-Qal'at al- amr ', the red fortress), is a palace and fortress complex located in the Province of Granada, Spain. It was constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty. After the Reconquista (reconquest) by the Reyes Catolicos (Catholic Monarchs) in 1492, some portions were used by the Christian rulers. The Palace of Charles V, built by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527, was inserted in the Alhambra within the Nasrid fortifications. After being allowed to fall into disrepair for centuries, the Alhambra was discovered in the 19th century by European scholars and travelers, with restorations commencing. It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions, exhibiting the country's most significant and well known Islamic architecture, together with 16th-century and later Christian building and garden interventions. The Alham...