The Court of the Lions in Granada, Spain, remains a monument of Islamic influence
For many centuries, the south of Spain was home to Islamic populations that left their mark on the architecture, food, and even the Spanish language. It is said that all the Spanish words starting with “al” trace their roots to the Arab tongue. But there’s another type of legacy that you can actually visit.
The Court of the Lions is one of the rooms of the Alhambra palace in Granada. You can picture all the princes that walked its pathways just by looking at it. The image above is from 1840, and the bottom one was taken in 2021.