- the Alhambra (the Red)
- the Red Palace looking down over the city of Granada
- Granada
- the Nasrids' last remaining city in the land of al-Andalus
- the Nasrids
- the dynasty that built and adorned it over two centuries
- the Court of the Lions
- its famous court with the fountain carried on the lions
- carved plaster
- its plaster carved with utmost care until it resembled silk
- glazed tile
- its coloured glazed tiles standing inside the great halls
- Kufic and cursive calligraphy
- its two scripts — old Kufic and flowing cursive — in its inscriptions
- muqarnas (stalactite vaults)
- its muqarnas hanging from the ceilings, like clusters of stars
- the Nasrid palaces
- the Nasrid palaces standing inside its fortified walls
- the Generalife gardens
- its gardens in the upper retreat known as the Generalife
- the fall of Granada
- the fall of Granada in 1492, ending Muslim rule there
- the fountain
- its central fountain flowing at the heart of the court
