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TWO CITIES

GRANADA

Granada is the capital city of the province of the same name, located in southeastern Spain between the shores of the Mediterranean and the Andalusian hinterland. The city is located at the foot of Sierra Nevada, the highest mountain range of the Iberian peninsula. With more than a thousand years of recorded history, Granada enjoys one of Spain’s most important cultural and architectural patrimonies. Besides the Alhambra, the world renowned palaces and fortresses of the Nasrid dynasty, and the historical Moorish Albaicín quarter, both designated as World Heritage by the UNESCO, Granada boasts a Renaissance cathedral dating from the 16th century and many other architectural monuments of the first magnitude.

ALHAMBRA

Listed under the World Heritage Sites list of the UNSECO is indisputably the mos well-known monument of the city and one of the most visited in Spain. It has a defensive area, the Alcazaba, the Nasrid Places, nemd after the Dinasty of the Kingdom of Granada, and the Gardens of the Generalife.

(Ayuntamiento ; http://granadatur.com/en/city-guide/guide-of-granada/)