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see sites of
Giralda tower
Seville
The cathedral’s
100m bell tower
was built in 1184
as a minaret.
A Renaissance-
style top was
added after the
expulsion of the
Moriscos in the
early 1600s, when
the mosque was
converted into
a church – now
the cathedral.
The Albaicín
Granada
After the Roman
Empire fell, the
city was largely
abandoned – until
the Moors came in- Keeping its
layout from this
period, with
winding cobbled
lanes and white-
washed houses,
it’s an ‘open-air
museum’ best
enjoyed by
a casual wander.
Mosque/
Cathedral
Córdoba
The conquering
Moors divided
a church into
Muslim and
Christian halves.
Then, in 784, an
emir bought the
Christian half and
created the grand
mosque, with
a surreal forest of
856 columns of
jasper, marble and
granite supporting
red and white
stone arches.Guadix
near Granada
This mountain
town has more
than 2,000
man-made cave
dwellings – the
largest number
in Europe – in the
Barrio de Cuevas.
They mostly date
from the 15th and
16th centuries.
Many are still
inhabited today,
and visitors are
often invited in.Spain
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