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The year 1942 is a historical year because the great discoverer Columbus discovered the
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in 1238 and it was completed in the fourth century by Yusuf III and Muhamad V.
Fortified Alcazaba
The massive walls and towers of the
Place of Cisterns
The horse shoe shaped arch, “Gate of Justice” to the south is the entrance. Over this is depicted an open hand. This symbolises the five rules of Islam: God is one, prayer, fasting during the month of Ramadan, giving alms and pilgrimage to
The gate of Justice leads into the place of cisterns. Huge rock cisterns were placed here to store rain water..
Cedar Wood
The
Hall of Secrets
To the South-East is the famous ‘court of the Lions’, held up by one hundred marble columns. In the centre is a fountain resting on 12 carved stone lions. There are many halls
equally beautiful. ‘The Hall of Secrets’ is acoustically engineered. If one speaks in one corner, you can hear at the other end.
Patterns of leaves, flowers and arab calligraphy decorate the palace all over in many colours and turn the