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The Alhambra
is
a
palace
and
fortress
complex
located
in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
It
was
originally
constructed
as
a
small
fortress
in
AD
889
on
the
remains
of
Roman
fortifications,
and
then
largely
ignored
until
its
ruins
were
renovated
and
rebuilt
in
the
mid-13th
century
by
the Nasrid emir Mohammed
ben
Al-Ahmar of
the Emirate
of
Granada,
who
built
its
current
palace
and
walls.
It
was
converted
into
a
royal
palace
in
1333
by Yusuf
I,
Sultan
of
Granada. After
the
conclusion
of
the
Christian Reconquista in
1492,
the
site
became
the
Royal
Court
of Ferdinand
and
Isabella (where Christopher
Columbus received
royal
endorsement
for
his
expedition),
and
the
palaces
were
partially
altered
in
the
Renaissance
style.
In
1526 Charles
I
&
V commissioned
a
new Renaissance
palace better
befitting
the
Holy
Roman
Emperor
in
the
revolutionary Mannerist style
influenced
by humanist philosophy
in
direct
juxtaposition
with
the Nasrid Andalusian
architecture,
but
it
was
ultimately
never
completed
due
to Morisco
rebellions
in
Granada.