The Alhambra is a magical and fabulous place that in a certain way makes us enter “Arabian nights”.
When the American writer Washington Irving stayed there in 1829 he was kidnapped and collected in the book “Tales of the Alhambra” the stories and legends about this jewel of Arabic Spanish architecture and culture.
Alhambra had a period of decadence, the napoleonic troops destroyed some parts and became a refuge of brigands and homeless until 1870 when he became a national monument and began the restoration works that today allow us to admire the greatness and magnificence of this treasure.