Al-Andalus : Alhambra Palace قصر الحمراء

Al-Andalus (Arabic: الأندلس) was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492. It refers to the Umayyad Caliphate province (711-750), Emirate of Cordoba (c. 750-929) and Caliphate of Cordoba (929-1031) and its “taifa“ (“successor“) kingdoms. The Alhambra (Arabic: الحمراء ; literally “the red“) is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in southern Spain (known as Al-Andalus when the f