Discover the historic heritage of Andalusia

Beside the Guadalquivir, the Alcázar of the Christian Monarchs sums up centuries of Córdoba's history: Romans, Umayyads, Almohads, Castilian kings, the Inquisition and a prison.

A Nasrid palatine city overlooking Granada, with palaces whose decoration ranks among the high points of Andalusi art, along with gardens and an alcazaba woven into the landscape.

An Andalusi fortress dating from 760, perched on the hill of El Redondo, with imposing towers and a careful early 20th-century restoration that keeps it standing.

Gibralfaro Castle, also known as the Alcázar of Gibralfaro, is one of the fortifications that form part of the historic heritage of the city of Málaga.

A Caliphate-era fortress overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar, the castle of Guzmán el Bueno holds centuries of military history at the southernmost point of the peninsula.

An octagonal Almoravid alcazaba built on the site of Roman Suel, with towers, wall-walks and an imposing horseshoe-arched gateway that once kept watch over the old Marbella road.

The largest cathedral in the world by area, built on the site of the old great mosque, it is home to the Giralda, the Patio de los Naranjos and the tomb of Christopher Columbus.

The only Andalusi mosque to survive almost intact in rural Spain, tucked away inside Almonaster Castle and bearing traces of Roman, Visigothic, Caliphal and Christian builders.

The first mosque built in Granada since 1492, gazing out from the Albaicín towards the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada, with a Mediterranean garden and echoes of Córdoba, Jerusalem and Istanbul.

Congregational mosque, Christian cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage Site: the great monument of Caliphal art, where twelve centuries of history coexist under a single roof.