Alhambra

The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in , . It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: palace and fortress complex in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
  • Also known as: “Alhambra fortress”, “La Alhambra”, and “The Alhambra”
Photo: Er Komandante, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Generalife and Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada.

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The was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in , . is situated 370 metres east of Alhambra.

Museum
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The is a fine arts museum in , . Since the 1950s it has been housed in the which also houses the Museo de la Alhambra.

Public building
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is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sacromonte and Albaicín.

Neighborhood
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, sometimes also called Sacramonte, is a traditional neighbourhood in the eastern area of the city of in Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the six neighbourhoods that make up the urban district of Albayzín and borders the neighbourhoods of Albayzín, San Pedro, Realejo-San Matías, El Fargue and Haza Grande.

Quarter
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The , also spelled Albayzín, is a neighbourhood of , . It is centered around a hill on the north side of the which passes through the city.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Alhambra

Latitude
37.17606° or 37° 10′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.58904° or 3° 35′ 21″ west
Elevation
780 metres (2,559 feet)
Open location code
8C9R5CG6+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92528618
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7302839
Wiki­data ID
Q47476
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Alhambra” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Alhambra”
  • Albanian: “Alhambra”
  • Arabic: “قصر الحمراء”
  • Aragonese: “Alhambra”
  • Armenian: “Ալ Համբրա”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Համբրա”
  • Armenian: “Ալհամբրա”
  • Asturian: “Alhambra”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əlhambra sarayı”
  • Bashkir: “Әл-Хәмрә ҡәлғәһе”
  • Basque: “Alhambra”
  • Belarusian: “Альгамбра”
  • Bengali: “আলহামরা”
  • Bengali: “আলহাম্বরা”
  • Bhojpuri: “अल हम्ब्रा”
  • Bosnian: “Alhambra”
  • Breton: “Alhambra”
  • Bulgarian: “Аламбра”
  • Bulgarian: “Алхамбра”
  • Burmese: “အယ်လ်ဟမ်းဘရာ”
  • Catalan: “Alhambra de Granada”
  • Catalan: “Alhambra i Generalife”
  • Catalan: “Alhambra”
  • Chinese: “阿兰布拉宫”
  • Chinese: “阿尔汗布拉宫”
  • Chinese: “阿尔罕布拉宫”
  • Chinese: “阿爾罕布拉宮”
  • Chinese: “阿罕布拉宮”
  • Croatian: “Alhambra”
  • Czech: “Alhambra”
  • Danish: “Al-Ahmar”
  • Danish: “Alhambra”
  • Dutch: “Alhambra”
  • Dutch: “rode paleis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر الحمراء”
  • Esperanto: “Alhambra”
  • Esperanto: “Alhambro”
  • Estonian: “Alhambra”
  • Finnish: “Alhambra”
  • French: “Alhambra & Generalife”
  • French: “Alhambra de Grenade”
  • French: “Alhambra”
  • French: “Cour des Lions”
  • French: “Forteresse rouge”
  • French: “Palais de comares”
  • French: “Palais de Comarès”
  • French: “Palais de la cour des Lions”
  • French: “Palais du patio des Lions”
  • French: “Patio des Arrayanes”
  • French: “Patio des Lions”
  • French: “Symbole de l’Alhambra”
  • French: “Symbolique de l’Alhambra”
  • Galician: “Alhambra”
  • Georgian: “ალგამბრა”
  • Georgian: “ალჰამბრა”
  • German: “Alhambra”
  • German: “Alhámbra”
  • Gorontalo: “Alhambra”
  • Greek: “Αλάμπρα”
  • Hebrew: “אלהמברה”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון אלהמברה”
  • Hebrew: “גני אלהמברה”
  • Hindi: “अल हम्रा”
  • Hungarian: “Alhambra”
  • Icelandic: “Alhambra”
  • Indonesian: “Alhambra”
  • Interlingua: “Alhambra”
  • Irish: “Alhambra”
  • Italian: “Alhambra”
  • Japanese: “アランブラ”
  • Japanese: “アランブラ宮殿”
  • Japanese: “アルハンブラ”
  • Japanese: “アルハンブラ宮殿”
  • Kazakh: “Альгамбра”
  • Kazakh: “Әлхамра”
  • Kirghiz: “Альгамбра”
  • Korean: “알람브라 궁전”
  • Korean: “알람브라”
  • Korean: “알함브라 궁전”
  • Korean: “알함브라”
  • Latin: “Alhambra”
  • Latvian: “Alambra”
  • Latvian: “Alhambra”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Alhambra”
  • Lithuanian: “Alhambra”
  • Low German: “Alhambra”
  • Macedonian: “Алхамбра”
  • Malay: “Alhambra”
  • Malayalam: “അൽഹബ്ര”
  • Malayalam: “അൽഹംബ്ര”
  • Malayalam: “ലാ അല്‍ഹെമ്പ്ര”
  • Maltese: “Alhambra”
  • Maltese: “Alhámbra”
  • Marathi: “आलांब्रा”
  • Mingrelian: “ალაჰამბრა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alhambra”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alhambra”
  • Norwegian: “Alhambra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alhambra”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਾਮਬਰਾ”
  • Persian: “الحمرا”
  • Persian: “کاخ الحمرا”
  • Persian: “کاخ الحمراء”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Alhambra”
  • Polish: “Alhambra”
  • Portuguese: “Alhambra”
  • Portuguese: “La Alhambra”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Alhambra”
  • Romanian: “Alhambra”
  • Russian: “Алхамбра”
  • Russian: “Аль-Гамбра”
  • Russian: “Альгамбра”
  • Russian: “Дворец Альхамбра”
  • Serbian: “Аламбра”
  • Serbian: “Алхамбра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alhambra”
  • Sindhi: “الحمرا”
  • Sinhala: “ඇල්හම්බ්‍රා”
  • Slovak: “Alhambra”
  • Slovenian: “Alhambra & the Generalife”
  • Slovenian: “Alhambra”
  • Spanish: “Alhambra de Granada”
  • Spanish: “Alhambra”
  • Spanish: “Conjunto Monumental de la Alhambra y Generalife”
  • Spanish: “La Alhambra de Granada”
  • Spanish: “La Alhambra”
  • Swedish: “Alhambra”
  • Tagalog: “Alhambra”
  • Tamil: “அல்கம்பிரா”
  • Tamil: “அல்கம்றா”
  • Tamil: “அல்ஹம்ப்ரா”
  • Tamil: “அல்ஹாம்ப்ரா அரண்மனை”
  • Thai: “Alhambra”
  • Thai: “อัลฮัมบรา”
  • Thai: “อาลัมบรา”
  • Turkish: “Alhambra”
  • Turkish: “El Hamra Sarayı”
  • Turkish: “El hamra”
  • Turkish: “Elhamra Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Альгамбра”
  • Urdu: “الحمرا”
  • Urdu: “الحمراء”
  • Urdu: “قصر الحمرا”
  • Urdu: “قصر الحمراء”
  • Urdu: “قصرالحمرا”
  • Uzbek: “Al-humro saroyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Alhambra”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Alhambra”
  • Walloon: “Alambra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alhambra”
  • Welsh: “Alhambra”
  • Western Frisian: “Alhambra”
  • Western Panjabi: “الحمرا”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔罕布拉宫”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿爾罕布拉宮”

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