8. ALHAMBRA PALACE (Spain)

Construction started in 1238 by King Muhammad I, its main characteristics are poetry notes present on walls, lattices and gardens. The name Alhambra has its origins in an Arabic word meaning "red castle or vermilion", perhaps because acquire golden tone under the sun.
You can access it by four gates: Gate o the arrabal weapons, Seven Floors and Justice or Esplanade. It consists of three zones: the Alcazaba, accommodation of the military garrison that was in charge of defense, and the oldest part of the whole, the area Nazari Palaces and gardens of the Generalife.
During the century XVIII and part of the century XIX, fell into oblivion and its halls and rooms were used as bars and stalls where people lived a bad life. In 1870, the Alhambra was declared a national monument to be restored, to the admiration and enjoyment of everyone.