Page 423 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Spain

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The town hall
(see p502), or
Above the city of Granada rises the famous Alhambra ayuntamiento, in
(see pp496–7). The austere exterior of this great Moorish the historic town of
fortress-palace, built under the Nasrid dynasty, gives no Baeza was built in
hint of the sumptuous halls and enchanting courtyards the early Spanish
and gardens contained within it. Renaissance style,
called Plateresque.
Great attention to
detail is displayed
in the carving of
this pillar at
the entrance.
Villanueva
del Arzobispo
Linares
Úbeda
Montoro Baeza
Córdoba
Jaén Huéscar
Vélez Rubio
Alcaudete
Seville Écija Baza
Alcala de Guadaira
Huelva Estepa Guadix
Utrera ANDALUCÍA Granada
(see pp464–505) Loja Mojácar
Tabernas
Antequera
Olvera
Ronda Almeriá
Jerez de la Málaga Motril Adra
Frontera
Cádiz The Puente Nuevo
(see p476), a bridge
Medina
Sidonia Marbella built in the 18th
century, spans the
Tagus gorge, which
divides the old white
Algeciras Gibraltar town of Ronda from
its newer districts.

The Cabo de Gata nature
reserve (see p505) is an area
of steep cliffs and secluded
coves, with a stretch of
seabed that is rich in
marine flora and fauna.

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