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Princesses of Andalusia: A Family Memory Rekindled at the Alhambra

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Yes, she confirms, we did read stories of the Princesses of Andalusia. And true to herself, she texts us, her nieces—now in our sixties—to say she still thinks of us as princesses. It’s a gesture that makes us smile.

The Poetry of Sala de Dos Hermanas (the Hall of Two Sisters)

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Boabdil’s mother, Aixa, lived in the Hall of Two Sisters, Sala de Dos Hermanas, named for two marble flagstones on the floor. But it’s the ceiling that takes your breathe away.

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost: End of Glorious Muslim Rule in Spain

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The surrender of Alhambra would be the final war of ‘Reconquista’, with Spain now essentially seeing itself as the guardian of Catholicism.