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Location Iberian Peninsula
( - , )modern day Spain Portugal
(Particularly Andalusia )in Southern Spain 800 years of Muslim rule
%80 of local population Muslim
,Golden age of architecture education
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SevilleUnder the authority of,the Umayyad caliphate
Almoravid empire and
Almohad dynastiesFell to the Christianking Fernando III of
Castile
in 1248Retains many Moorish
features until today
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Seville
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CrdobaThriving capital of theCaliphate of Crdoba
Governed almost all of
.the Iberian peninsula10th :century CE,up to 500 000 inhabitants
the most populated
,city in Europe and
,perhaps in the world
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GranadaCapital of a provinceof the Caliphate of
Cordoba
-Seat of the world famousAlhambra (literally ),the Red One a Moorish
citadel and palace Today one of Spain s
major touristattractions
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AlhambraCompleted towards the end of Muslim rule
( ),in Spain by Yusuf I 1333 1353 Muhammad, ( )V Sultan of Granada 1353 1391
Last days of the Nasridemirate ofGranadaRefuge for Muslim artists and
intellectuals from Christian Spain s-victories over Al Andalus
-Mixes natural elements with man made onesTestament to the skill of Muslimcraftsmen of the time
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