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  • Steps leading to the Biblioteca Viva de Al-Andalus or Living Library of al-Andalus (left), and Nuestra Senora de la Paz y Esperanza or Church of Our Lady of Peace and Hope (right), a capuchin convent, on Calle Cuesta del Bailio, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The yellow late Gothic portal of the library is by Hernan Ruiz II, 1514-69. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile, 1221-84, holding a parchment, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile, 1221-84, holding a parchment, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile, 1221-84, holding a parchment, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the hypostyle prayer hall in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Ibn Arabi, 1165-1240, Islamic scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Averroes, 1126-98, philosopher and theologian, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the hypostyle prayer hall looking towards the mihrab in the Cathedral-Great Mosque of Cordoba, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher and astronomer, holding a scroll, from the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus in the Torre Calahorra, Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides (Cordoba 1135 ? Egypt 1204); Sculpture on pedestal located in the Jewish Quarter, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; Great Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician; Forced to flee with his family to Fez at the age of twenty-three to escape religious persecution at the hands of the fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides (Cordoba 1135 ? Egypt 1204); Sculpture on pedestal located in the Jewish Quarter, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; Great Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician; Forced to flee with his family to Fez at the age of twenty-three to escape religious persecution at the hands of the fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides (Cordoba 1135 ? Egypt 1204); Sculpture on pedestal located in the Jewish Quarter, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; Great Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician; Forced to flee with his family to Fez at the age of twenty-three to escape religious persecution at the hands of the fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, on a stone pedestal in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, 1135-1204, Jewish scholar, philosopher and physician, in the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Maimonides was forced to flee with his family to Fez aged 23 to escape religious persecution by fanatical Almohads in al-Andalus. The historic centre of Cordoba is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palace of Dar al-Horra or House of the Honest Lady, a 15th century Nasrid palace named after Aixa, mother of King Boabdil, in El Albayzin or the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palace of Dar al-Horra or House of the Honest Lady, a 15th century Nasrid palace named after Aixa, mother of King Boabdil, in El Albayzin or the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Top of the tabernacle and the dome of the tabernacle with frescoes by Antonio Palomino and Jose Risueno, in the Granada Charterhouse or Monasterio de la Cartuja, a Carthusian monastery founded 1506, in Baroque style, in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Montefrio, with the church and old Moorish castle on the hill, one of the main frontier fortresses of the Moors in the 15th century, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Iglesia de la Villa was built on the site of a Nasrid castle, whose Alcazaba was built in the 14th century to defend the Muslim kingdom of Granada from the Christians. On the right is the Iglesia de la Encarnacion, with a huge domed roof, designed in the 18th century by Ventura Rodriguez. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, 1542-91, Spanish priest, Carmelite friar and saint, by Miguel Moreno, Spanish artist born 1967, given to the town of Granada by Emuvys, March 2010, on the Bulevar de la Avenida de la Constitucion, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Dona Maria Manrique, duchess of Sesa, the wife of Gonzalo de Cordoba the Gran Capitan, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the nave, with arches leading to side chapels on either side, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Michael the archangel, 17th century, dressed as a soldier in armour and about to kill the devil Lucifer, in the side chapel of St Michael, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Dona Maria Manrique, duchess of Sesa, the wife of Gonzalo de Cordoba the Gran Capitan, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter healing an invalid, fresco, 1723-35, by either Martin or Juan de Medina, on the right of the church entrance, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceiling of the dome covered in stucco lacework in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgen de Belen, 18th century Baroque sculpture by Jose de Mora, on the wooden altarpiece in the side chapel, Capilla de la Virgen de Belen, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Gonzalo de Cordoba the Gran Capitan, 1453-1515, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Equestrian statue of St James by Alonso de Mena, 1587-1646, from The Triunfo de Santiago altarpiece, made 1707-8 by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, 1669-1725, Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ciborium (ciborio siloesco), in the altar of The Capilla Mayor, built in 1525 by Diego Siloe and completed in 1704, in Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque altarpiece, 18th century, in the Capilla de Nuestra Senora La Antigua, in Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. In the centre of the altarpiece is a statue of the Virgin and child under a canopy, and to either side, San Cecilio and San Gregorio Betico. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christ wounded, carrying the cross, in the Iglesia del Sagrario or Church of the Tabernacle, built 1704 in Baroque style after designs by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo and Jose de Bada y Navajas, adjacent to Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main facade of Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The facade is a framed structure with a triumphal arch of 3 portals with pillars crowned by semicircular arches supported on pilasters. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Small troglodyte church in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Iglesia de la Ermita Nueva, rebuilt in the 20th century and dedicated to the Virgen de Gracia or Our Lady of Grace, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Village of Montefrio, with the church and old Moorish castle on the hill, one of the main frontier fortresses of the Moors in the 15th century, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Iglesia de la Villa was built on the site of a Nasrid castle, whose Alcazaba was built in the 14th century to defend the Muslim kingdom of Granada from the Christians. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the monument to Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936, Spanish poet, playwright and theatre director, bronze and limestone, by Cayetano Anibal, 1980, at Fuente Vaqueros, the village where he was born, near Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Maria la Canastera, flamenco dancer with a rose in her hair, by Jose A Castro Vilchez, given to the town of Granada by Cervezas Alhambra, March 2010, on the Bulevar de la Avenida de la Constitucion, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Somebody has attached real flowers to her hair. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Manuel de Falla, 1876-1946, Spanish composer, by Ramiro Medias, given to the town of Granada by Caixa, March 2010, on the Bulevar de la Avenida de la Constitucion, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pope Alexander VI giving Gonzalo de Cordoba, the Gran Capitan a sword as a reward for defending the Church (although it was Clement VII who actually performed this act), fresco to the upper left of the main chapel, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Immaculate conception, statue of the Virgin Mary with heaven above, from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Martin of Tours cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Emperor Constantine on horseback, trampling a soldier in battle, holding a Christian cross, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Carlos V, or Charles V, 1500-58, Holy Roman Emperor and Charles I of Spain, in 1 of the 4 patios of the Hospital Real or Royal Hospital, designed by Enrique Egas in 1511 as a prison and hospital for the poor, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab seen through a carved horseshoe arch, in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Teresa with the Holy Spirit, from the altarpiece in the Capilla de Santa Teresa da Avila, 17th century, in Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin on a cloud in the Iglesia del Sagrario or Church of the Tabernacle, built 1704 in Baroque style after designs by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo and Jose de Bada y Navajas, adjacent to Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Capilla Real or Royal Chapel of Granada, built 1505-17 in Gothic style adjacent to Granada Cathedral or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, a mausoleum housing the remains of the Catholic monarchs, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. In 1521, the remains of Ferdinand and Isabella were interred here, and later, their daughter Juana I, her husband Felipe I and their son Miguel da Paz. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacristy, designed by Hurtado Izquierdo and built 1727-64, in the Granada Charterhouse or Monasterio de la Cartuja, a Carthusian monastery founded 1506, in Baroque style, in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Manuel de Falla, 1876-1946, Spanish composer, by Ramiro Medias, given to the town of Granada by Caixa, March 2010, on the Bulevar de la Avenida de la Constitucion, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Puerta de Elvira or the Gate of Elvira, an old stone arch, one of the original entrance gates into Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The gate was declared a Bien de Interes Cultural in 1896. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Nuestra Senora de la Antigua dressed in a cape with an aurora crown, in the Chapel of Nuestra Senora de la Antigua, the family chapel of Don Gines de Garranza, a knight from Santiago who is buried here, designed by Pedro de Mena, 1628-88, son of Alonso de Mena, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Bartholomew with a demon, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 2 saints holding palm fronds, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de Sahagun, 1419-79, Augustinian friar, priest and saint, in wood, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coat of arms and foot soldiers or lansquenets in niches, with the door to the sacristry below, in the Renaissance side chapel by Diego Siloe, 1495-1563, at the junction with the transept, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazaba of Guadix, an 11th century Moorish castle, declared a National Artistic Monument in 1931, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Half the population of Guadix live in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Iglesia de la Ermita Nueva, rebuilt in the 20th century and dedicated to the Virgen de Gracia or Our Lady of Grace, in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the town of Guadix, with the Alcazaba, the 11th century Moorish castle, declared a National Artistic Monument in 1931, and the cathedral, the Catedral de la Encarnacion de Guadix, built 16th - 18th centuries in Baroque style, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Half the population of Guadix live in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View of the Carrera del Darro with the Darro river, in El Albaicin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, painted on porcelain tiles in the streets of the Alcaiceria souk, part of the Grand Bazaar of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Lawrence and St Stephen, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Gonzalo de Cordoba the Gran Capitan, 1453-1515, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Teresa of Avila, 1515-82, Carmelite nun and Roman Catholic saint, in wood, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Banuelo, or the Banos del Nogal, an 11th century bathhouse in Zirid style, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance to the baths is in a house, remodelled in the Christian period, with a patio that opening to the original house of the watchman. Inside is a hall with access to 3 thermal rooms, cold, warm and hot. The hot room has an underground hypocaust for heating the room and 2 water containers. The barrel vaults have skylights for ventilation and temperature adjustment. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Banuelo, or the Banos del Nogal, an 11th century bathhouse in Zirid style, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance to the baths is in a house, remodelled in the Christian period, with a patio that opening to the original house of the watchman. Inside is a hall with access to 3 thermal rooms, cold, warm and hot. The hot room has an underground hypocaust for heating the room and 2 water containers. The barrel vaults have skylights for ventilation and temperature adjustment. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cuesta de las Cabras, a narrow steep street with traditional whitewashed houses in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin on a cloud in the Iglesia del Sagrario or Church of the Tabernacle, built 1704 in Baroque style after designs by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo and Jose de Bada y Navajas, adjacent to Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a child, possibly Christ, with a cross and aurora halo in a gilded niche in the Iglesia del Sagrario or Church of the Tabernacle, built 1704 in Baroque style after designs by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo and Jose de Bada y Navajas, adjacent to Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a mater dolorosa or weeping Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, with aurora halo in a gilded niche in the Iglesia del Sagrario or Church of the Tabernacle, built 1704 in Baroque style after designs by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo and Jose de Bada y Navajas, adjacent to Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted coffered Mudejar ceiling, 16th century, in the Knights Room or Salon de Caballeros in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. This room served as a meeting place for the aldermen of the city after the reconquest. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Corral del Carbon or the Coal House, a 14th century Nazari building originally used as an alhondiga, a corn exchange or grain store, then a charcoal market, inn, comedy theatre and housing, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The entrance tower seen here is decorated with stucco work, including kufic Arabic script and a large horseshoe arch, with mocarabe work inside the portico. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main facade of Guadix Cathedral, or the Catedral de la Encarnacion de Guadix, designed by Gaspar Cayon de la Vega in the 18th century, with the upper part sculpted by Fernandez Pachote and Domingo Thomas, and the marble Incarnation by Antonio Valeriano Moyano, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The cathedral was built 16th - 18th centuries in Baroque style, by architects including Diego Siloe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936, Spanish poet, playwright and theatre director, on the patio of his birthplace, now a museum, in Fuente Vaqueros, near Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Christ with the crown of thorns, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, with Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus in the stable, with an angel worshipping and a shepherd, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Jerome and the doctors of the Church, painting attributed to Juan de Sevilla, 1643-95, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Equestrian statue of St James by Alonso de Mena, 1587-1646, from The Triunfo de Santiago altarpiece, made 1707-8 by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, 1669-1725, Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • El Pilar del Aljibe, a brick structure covering the old Arab water tank, now a fountain, at the Mirador de San Nicolas or San Nicolas viewpoint in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. These Moorish water cisterns link to underground canals and are found all over Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mihrab with carved fretwork and mocarabe in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Teresa with St Peter and St Paul, St Teresa with the Holy Spirit and the Transverberation of St Teresa, from the altarpiece in the Capilla de Santa Teresa da Avila, 17th century, in Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built 16th and 17th centuries in Renaissance style with Baroque elements, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Several architects worked on the cathedral, which, unusually, has 5 naves and a circular capilla mayor instead of an apse. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of polychrome carved fretwork and mocarabe in the Oratory or Sala de la Oracion in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oratory or Sala de la Oracion seen through a carved horseshoe arch, with the mihrab below, in the Madrasa of Granada, a mosque school founded 1349 by the Nasrid King Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The madrasa functioned as a university until 1499 and is now part of the University of Granada. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacristy, designed by Hurtado Izquierdo and built 1727-64, in the Granada Charterhouse or Monasterio de la Cartuja, a Carthusian monastery founded 1506, in Baroque style, in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi at the birth of Christ, with Mary and Joseph holding the baby Jesus below, polychrome relief from the main altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Altarpiece by Pablo de Rojas in Mannerist style, in the Monasterio de San Jeronimo, or Monastery of St Jerome, 16th century Roman Catholic church and Hieronymite monastery founded by the Catholic monarchs in Santa Fe, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The strange rock formations or badlands are formed by erosion of marine geological deposits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Whitewashed houses and chimneys in the Barrio de la cuevas or Barrio troglodyte, an area housing half the population of Guadix in troglodyte dwellings, underground cave homes dug into the rock built to keep out the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter, Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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