a door

An entrance to the Palace part of La Alhambra. The door was built so that if one was knocked down it would collapse over the other door and make it difficult for the enemies to get in.

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La Alhambra

August 30th 2005
We took a group trip to La Alhambra (Arabic- "red or crimson castle") on Sunday the 28th. La Alhambra takes up about 1/12th of the city. We had to hike up many cobble stoned streets to get there. It was originally built as a small fort on the top of La Sabica for the moors in the 9th Century and sultans/kings didn't start living there until the 13th. Muhammed Al-Ahmar was the first Sultan and then ... read more

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