The Alcazar (Arabic for fortress) is a formidable defensive point, high above the rest of the Alhambra complex and dominates the city below.It must have been a formidable deterrent to would be conquerors.
From the highest point, sweeping views extend to the Snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains on one side and across the valley to the sloping, sinuous streets of the Albaicin on the other.
If the Alcazar is the mighty ironed fist, within is the softening and cooling, velvet glove of the Moorish gardens. The Soothing greenery reflects the rulers botanical skills and the perpetual running water and pools to their mastery of hydrological engineering.
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