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A dome in The Alhambra, an ancient palace, fortress and citadel located in Granada, Spain. The eighth-century-old site was named for the reddish walls and towers that surrounded the citadel: al-qal’a al-hamra in Arabic means red fort or castle. It’s the only surviving palatine city (a royal territorial center) of the Islamic Golden Age and a remnant of the Nasrid Dynasty, the last Islamic kingdom in Western Europe.

 On this second day of January 1492, the Kingdom of Granada surrendered another Islamic emirate in the Iberian Peninsula (Al Andalus) .. Thus, last fall the rule of Muslims in Andalusia.