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![Alhambra](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Patio_Arrayanes.jpg/230px-Patio_Arrayanes.jpg)
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The Alhambra (Arabic: الحمراء = Al-Ħamrā; literally "the red") is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada in southern Spain (known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed), occupying a hilly terrace on the southeastern border of the city of Granada.