Spain · 16th century
The Palace of Charles V is a Renaissance building in Granada, southern Spain, inside the Alhambra, a former Nasrid palace complex on top of the Sabika hill. Construction began in 1527 but dragged on and was left unfinished after 1637. The palace was only completed after 1923, when Leopoldo Torres Balbás initiated its restoration. The building has never been a home to a monarch and stood roofless until 1967. Today, the building also houses the Alhambra Museum on its ground floor and the Fine Arts Museum of Granada on its upper floor.
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Palace of Charles V ranks #682 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 607 mapped in Spain. Founded 1526, it is older than 41% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 8,856 times in the last 60 days, more than 93% of the atlas. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Granada, 1 km away. It is one of the 124 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. It is stop 19 of 30 on the Andalusian frontier castles, Cádiz to Córdoba. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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