Your presentations are awesome, and the months of work are evident

Thank you for the incredible videos that you produce. As someone who can no longer travel I appreciate being able to see places that I shall never visit. Years ago I was able to visit El Escorial, which I think would be a good place for your style of video.

Hello manuel

Hey, can you please also make a video on the Brihadeshwara temple in Tankavur and the Sun temple in Konark.

To me, your channel is the golden channel...thanks your kind efforts. 💐❤️👍

At the Height of Islamic conquest the conquered ones benefited unlike other Conquests from other "peoples".

Poetic, indeed.

The essense of giving to the needy is an essence of islamic scriptures. They nailed it in Alhambra. Gracious creator, you inspire all of us.

Oh, was he saving up for eyes? That’s amazing! Just another sappy saying. You give alms to those in need because it’s the right thing to do. Being able to ask for alms was regulated and wasn’t the moneymaker it is today

@@santomenon3689the same way it’s the essence of literally EVERY major religion. One of the differences is that none of the others not only condone but encourage the deletion of ‘others’. You want to highlight a specific religion…let’s do it

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palace of charles is such an inharmonius travesty in Alhambra. Inexcusable to be justified or tolerated

And history

Yes I thought that was very well filmed and explained and perfect attention to the details.

You are much, much much better than guidebooks and tourist guides because you get into the REAL history of a place rather than quickly run through a “greatest hits” list of the facts relating to the place. Knowing the history and the people involved in the creation of cities and important buildings gives me a greater and deeper sense of appreciation of them. How these cities/buildings were designed and constructed without any of our modern technology is a testament to the genius of the designers and artisans. I’m in awe of these people!

It's a Moroccan Berber architecture, Zellige and a lot of things in there appeared for the first time in Morocco.

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It's true. Visit once and it stays with you forever.

Why is the architecture described as Islamic? It's Spanish architecture. The people just happen to be Muslim but where also Jewish and Christian. Do you describe all architecture by Christians as Christian architecture? You don't. The ingenious of the Hispanic peoples who created the Alhambra had nothing to do with religion but with the people creating it.

@@sandraleiva1633 Actually, it is Islamic, not only in that it references architecture from across the Islamic world, but also because Islamic motifs, texts and architectural ideals are literally woven in to the fabric of the buildings. That doesn't mean it's not also Spanish; it is. However, the Andalusia of then and the Spain of the post-Reconquista are two very different things. The people who built the Alhambra were murdered, tortured and ethnically cleansed from what is now 'Spain', by the ancestors of the current Spaniards. By ignoring the real Islamic contributions to the buildings, you are also contributing to that same erasure.

@@user-ed7et3pb4o No it's not Islamic. It's Hispanic Muslim architecture. It's Andalucian architecture. Islamic encompasses architecture not related to each other. Hispanic architecture is different from Persian architecture. Just like French architecture is different from Nordic architecture and you don't use the word Christian architecture. You separate it by regional differences of cultures and the peoples who created them.

@@sandraleiva1633 Islamic is a broad term. It's not specific, nor is it meant to be. Your gripe is unnecessary.

Muslim architecture right?

palace of charles is such an inharmonius travesty in Alhambra. Inexcusable to be justified or tolerated

Ojala.

Allahu akbar ameen

Insh'Allah you will 🥰

Si Dios quiere volvere a España algun dia.

Thank you for recognising the beauty of it!

Sorry to say this but your grandma was a s... of a person. I hope you inherited as little as possible from her.

You have been very correct in your comment, the greatness of this country is the great diversity of culture, art, languages, styles and geography so different in a single country, this makes Spain very rich in any aspect, everything is beautiful but different, greetings from my city Malaga!!

It's not antique lol. But, yes, from an artistic point of view, it's absolutely breathtaking

@@khabibtime8830Saracen means Arabic, the term existed long before Islam

it is greek term referring to the Arabs of the levant. It ultimately comes from Arabic Sharkyin, which means Easterners. The term was coined before Islam. Just like the term Moor, also referred to the Arabs of the levant. Hence the Byzantine emperor Morris who came from the Arab city of Arabisus

it is greek term referring to the Arabs of the levant. It ultimately comes from Arabic Sharkyin, which means Easterners. The term was coined before Islam. Just like the term Moor, also referred to the Arabs of the levant. Hence the Byzantine emperor Morris who came from the Arab city of Arabisus. The term existed before islam

Same here!

Please don't call Moors Arabs; most of those people responsible for the architecture and the building of this magnificent edifice were Berber, so please, let's not eclipse their achievements and ethnicity.

@@countesselizabethbathoryvo3098 Perdón si mi respuesta ha sido muy basica y poco historiada. No he profundizado en el origen de los Ziries que fueron los que trasladaron la capital del emirato Sinhaya, a la actual Granada. Y que la convirtieron en una ciudad islámica políticamente independiente, que sembró las bases que desarrollaron los Nazaries, (Muhammad Ben Alhamar - Alhambra) además de otros que siguieron a posteriori.... Pero era una impresión general. Para mi la cultura Tamazight es única, pero forma parte del legado arabe (ya que al igual que a nosotros ellos también fueron arabizados, empezando por su origen Norte de África, y continuando con las ampliaciones de fronteras... guste más o menos). Es innegable.

@@cuentaparamovil8925 Siempre hay uno que sabe mas que nadie. Jajajaja

@@countesselizabethbathoryvo3098 Andalusian architecture is a copy of the Umayyad Damascene architecture

@@thinkandthank7406 saying that it's a "copy" tells me that you're very ignorant about moorish history and architecture.

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Terrorist cry? IHS

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Why is the architecture described as Islamic? It's Spanish architecture. The people just happen to be Muslim but where also Jewish and Christian. Do you describe all architecture by Christians as Christian architecture? You don't. The ingenious of the Hispanic peoples who created the Alhambra had nothing to do with religion but with the people creating it.

@@sandraleiva1633 I thought very hard about using the word "Islamic" because I so wanted to avoid stimulating irrational and ugly comments like yours. Sighs.

@@deanedge5988 It's not ugly or irrational. There are many words you can use that doesn't describe architecture in religious terms. You see your prejudice shows when you reduce a varied array of peoples into one neat box. Such as their religion. You do not use Christian architecture to describe French, Italian and English architecture. You use terms such as Baroque, Gothic or neo-byzantine etc. But you see Europeans as varied and other peoples as monolithic. That's a very European prejudice. If that hurts you then so be it. It should stimulate you to learn more and grow your vocabulary and understanding. For example Hispanic Islamic narrows it down as opposed to Islamic. Hispanic architecture is not similar to Indian Islamic architecture. You can also use Andalusian architecture, Mozarabic architecture because not everyone was Muslim. You can use Arabesque. So many words that doesn't narrow things down to a religion brought from far far away. You don't do that for European Christian lands so don't do it to other religions either. Or if you want just describe everything in Christian lands as Christian architecture because Christians designed them irregardless of where in Christendom they originated or in what age they took place. At least that would be fair. Have a great day.

@@sandraleiva1633 Yes the Islamic patterns and writing, as well as gardens referencing the Koran surely had nothing to do with Islam. Just as the churches formed in the shape of a cross couldn't have had anything to do with Christ. It is all relative to the viewpoint and norms of the viewer. To the christian spaniard it is islamic architecture. Just as to the Muslim in Syria, the many christian buildings from the time christianity was dominant could be seen as christian. (As well as whatever subcategory level of specificity you might prefer.) The thing about islam is it is a theocracy where church and state are one thing. Christianity separates the roles of church and state to a far greater degree. The class of architecture is Islamic and subclass would have more precise definitions you seek. The Islamic colonizer was deliberately bringing Islamic philosophy to their design decisions. They would not be offended in recognizing this as the script looping everywhere is talking about Allah Akbar. "God is great." Total mystery as to what that means.

@@sandraleiva1633 The palace was built by Muslims, and the calligraphy integrated into the decor are verses in the Qur'an. Islam permits no separation of religion and rulership -- what we call "church" and "state," in the Western world. The Alhambra includes not only audience chambers and offices for governance, as well as residences for those who rule, but also mosques. As stated repeatedly in the description, the layout of the primary courtyards reflects Paradise, as it is described in Qur'an. Why would anybody describe it as anything *other than* "Islamic Architecture"?

As a muslim, this make me sad. Why we lost spain. The infighting betwen muslims make us weak.

@@mustipunyaemail becouse Spain was way stronger can be? And reino of granada was a state apart , nothing to do with north africa and the conquest was made by arabs

@@mustipunyaemail Because THIS IS OUR LAND, we expelled the invaders!!!!

The water system is all mechanical. More details can be found in the doc "The Alhambra Fortress of Andalusia" starting from 20th minute

Versailles in bling bling.. not soothing at all