World Heritage Site
The Alhambra is a major city castle on the hills of Granada, which is considered one of the finest examples of Moorish style of Islamic art. The Alhambra is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Europe and World Heritage Site since 1984. The castle is about 740 m long and up to 220 m wide. In the east is the summer palace.
The first historical documents known about the Alhambra date from the 9th century and they refer to Sawwar ben Hamdun who, in the year 889, had to seek refuge in the Alcazaba, a fortress, and had to repair it due to the civil fights that were destroying the Caliphate of Cordoba, to which Granada then belonged. This site subsequently started to be extended and populated, although not yet as much as it would be later on, because the Ziri kings established their residence on the hill of the Albaicin.
