The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex on a hill overlooking Granada in southern Spain, and is the best-preserved example of Moorish architecture in Europe. Muhammad I, founder of the Nasrid dynasty, began fortifying the site in the thirteenth century, and later rulers, especially Yusuf I and Muhammad V in the fourteenth century, added the famous palaces with their Court of the Lions, carved stucco, tilework and reflecting pools. After Granada fell to the Catholic Monarchs in 1492, the complex was partly altered, and Charles V built a Renaissance palace inside it. Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra helped revive interest in it, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Before and after
- from 1235 to 1670Mali Empire
- from 1236 to 1833Kingdom of Córdoba
- from 1236 to 1795Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- from 1238 to 1492Emirate of Granada
- 1239Construction of Alhambra
- from 1240 to 12421240 Izborsk and Pskov campaign
- 29 January 1240Construction of Castel del Monte
- from March 1241 to April 1242First Mongol invasion of Hungary
- 9 April 1241Battle of Legnica
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The era
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