In my blog from Cáceres I mentioned the movie "1492". Another scene from that movie was filmed here at the Alhambra. Specifically, the scene where Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) gives Christopher Columbus (Gérard Depardieu) royal endorsement to toddle off and discover America. And they filmed it here because it actually happened here.
Even setting aside that Columbus connection, the Alhambra is probably Spain's single most important historical site, as well as the most significant remnant of Moorish and Islamic culture anywhere in Europe. See here for more details if you're interested. On this occasion I'll let the pictures do the talking for me.
