Once upon a time, Spain’s hilltop Alhambra palace glittered with gold. Over the centuries, though, the Islamic citadel’s ornate, gilded structures on its ceilings and elsewhere fell into disrepair, ...

All new restaurants face obstacles, but Alhambra Palace has been besieged by problems since it opened in late April. Its daunting scale–24,000 square feet seating up to 1,400–and over-the-top decor ...

Phil Spector’s infamous castle where he shot actress Lana Clarkson to death in 2003 has sold for $3.3 million. The music producer died in prison in French Camp, where he was serving a 19-years-to-life ...

Purple splotches sprawling across the ceiling of a palace in southern Spain have puzzled art conservators for decades. Now, scientists searching for the splotches’ origin have finally struck gold, ...

History always has intrigued me. It was only when I discovered just how much original research the discipline involved, much of it in foreign languages, that I changed my college major from history to ...

This is one of two of the largest, most complete, and most ornate curtains to survive from the 1300s when it presumably hung in the royal Alhambra Palace in Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in ...

Bathhouses, tapas-hopping and flamenco: here's how to make the most of a short break in this Andalucian city. One of Granada's most stunning miradors (viewpoints) is the one onto the Alhambra palace ...