The compound was built by the same Moorish rulers who constructed the Alhambra ... storied crossing between two continents, Africa and Europe, had long been a dream.Credit ...

This was particularly so in Granada, which is all about the Alhambra, "Europe's love letter to Moorish culture ... Rooms — a throne room where the rulers of Granada received foreign envoys ...

It meanders into crenelated forts, Moorish castles overlooking ... generations of Muslim rulers known as caliphs. It was one of the first and grandest mosques in Europe, a forest of 856 columns ...

At a time when much of Europe was mired in the stagnation ... which was originally a 10th-century Moorish palace. Though it was expanded by Christian rulers after the reconquest of Spain, much ...

Versailles served as the residence of the French kings and remains ... is an example of Moorish architecture and one of the best examples of Islamic art in Europe. The palace impresses with ...

Just when you thought you'd seen all that Europe's great palaces have to offer ... of the Nasrid Palace and Generalife, where the Moorish kings of Granada relaxed. This is the palace that truly ...

The compound was built by the same Moorish rulers who constructed the Alhambra ... centuries of migration and blended cultures. We left Europe behind and docked in another world, in Tangier ...