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Alcazaba of the Alhambra
Fortress in Granada, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Alcazaba (Spanish: Alcazaba; Arabic: القصبة, romanized: al-qaṣabah, lit. 'citadel') is a fortress at the western tip of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Its name comes from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah), which became Alcazaba in Spanish.[1]: 9 It is the oldest surviving part of the Alhambra, having been built by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the founder of the Nasrid dynasty, after 1238.[1]: 25 [2]: 81 It stands on the site of an earlier fortress built by the Zirid kingdom of Granada in the 11th century.[2]: 81
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