Though there had been estonians building is the area since there were Estonians, Tallinn didn’t really get going until the Danish built a castle on top of the fortifications of Toompea hill. Hence the name “taalilinna”, the Danish town.
The medievalwalls and building are some of teh best oreserves in Europe, despite the bombing during World War II.
The story goes that the second wife of Duke Kęstutis, Birutė came from the Curonian coast and therefore did not want to live in Vilnius which was far from the sea. To make up for it, the Duke built the island castle at Trakai.
The thing to see in Granada is the Alhambra. After the Caliphate of Cordoba fell apart and the Christian kingdoms started picking off the taifas and the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties collapsed, the Nasrid Emirate was the last Muslim land standing in Spain and their court was in the Alhambra.
