The Alhambra means “The red fortress” and is a world heritage site listed by UNESCO. It is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain and was known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed. It occupies a hilly terrace on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada and the terrace or plateau where the Alhambra sits measures about 740m in length by 205m at its greatest width.

It was the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada and their court in the past. The Alhambra is now one of Spain’s major tourist attractions exhibiting the country’s most famous Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century architecture and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today. The Palace of Charles V was erected by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527, within the Alhambra.