The Alhambra in detail
The Alhambra is a combination of several areas.
To start with there is the palace complex which was the administrative hub of the Moorish Kingdom, where the kings met with their advisers, and consulted foreign dignitaries and other important visitors.
It is most admired for its design and beautiful decoration, a sample of which you can see in today's photos.
Secondly, the area between the administrative palaces and the walls nearest to Granada City Centre was a defensive area, for the garrison which defended the complex. This area has been ruined and never rebuilt, so it is just left open and in the ruined state.
Thirdly, northeast of both of these first two areas is the circular Palace of Charles V (Emperor), which is later than all the other buildings, and built in European rather than Moorish style.
Around the outside of all this, and further to the northeast again, is a service area, where all the normal activities of a town were carried on.
North of all of these, across a small valley lies the Generalife, where the royal family retired to be private.
It lies east and west, rather than south-west to north-east, and is separated from the rest of the complex.
In its modern form it is more unified than some of the other sections.
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