Door In The Alcazaba Royalty-Free Stock Image

The Alcazaba , with its 1430 m . walled perimeter is, after the Alhambra, Spain's largest Muslim construction . It was built at the behest of Abd ar-Rahman III in the tenth century after the founding of the city . It is a strength that has three campuses , the first two Muslims and one Christian latter , built after the conquest of the city by the Catholic Monarchs , which occurred in 1489 . The fortress is situated on a hill , overlooking the original nucleus of the city, the medina. In it, we find a first enclosure , where there is a large garden rebuilt and cisterns from the Muslim period . In the second area , the vast palatial residence of King Almotacín , stood eleventh century . Finally , it is the last enclosure of the fortress, and Christian, ordered to be built by the Catholic Monarchs after the capture of the city . It is a Christian castle within the Muslim fortification.