Museo de la Alhambra

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Lonely Planet review

On the ground floor of the Palacio de Carlos V, the Museo de la Alhambra has an absorbing collection of Islamic artefacts from the Alhambra, Granada province and Córdoba, with explanatory texts in English and Spanish.

The huge Renaissance palace, Palacio de Carlos V, was begun in 1527 by Pedro Machuca, a Toledo architect, and was never completed. The imposing building is square but contains a surprising circular, two-tiered courtyard with 32 columns. Were the palace in a different setting, its merits might be more readily appreciated.