Begun in 1238 by Emir Muham­mad I Ibn al-Ahmar, founder of the last Mus­lim dynasty to rule on the Iber­ian penin­su­la, the Alham­bra in Grana­da is per­haps the finest exam­ple of Span­ish Moor­ish archi­tec­ture, espe­cial­ly its intri­cate­ly dec­o­rat­ed Nas­rid Palaces and Gen­er­al­ife res­i­dence and gar­dens.