{"id":1027,"date":"2017-01-27T22:58:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T22:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2017-01-27T22:58:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T22:58:37","slug":"an-older-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"An older capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1029\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1902-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1029\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1902-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1902-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1902-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1902-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1030\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1030\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1030\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1030\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alhambra<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_1032\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1032\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1032\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1032\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-2-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alhambra-2-1-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alhambra<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Also, despite being in southern Spain, the Sierra Nevadas have snow.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1028\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1903-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1028\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1903-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1903-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1903-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_1903-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thing to see in Granada is the Alhambra. 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