ABSTRACT
Alhambra's basic denotation as a place of significance' emerges from a series of clearly identifiable elements, consistently used across the entire citadel. The rebel's answer foreshadows tropes that future poets will offer to equivalent fortresses atop the Sabka Hill. The manoeuvre ensured the creation of the last Muslim stronghold in al-Andalus. The defeated Narid ruler would continue to administer the rich Alpujarras region, acting as local governor in service to the Catholic Kings. The army of the Catholic Kings had been substantially financed by the papacy. Their investment had finally paid off. The Spanish monarchs could not foresee its consequences. During Napoleon's invasion of Spain Alhambra was occupied first by members of the resistance. A Swiss general, Theodor Reding de Biberegg, known as the Hero of Bailn', commanded the Spanish Fourth Division that is, the Army of Granada. For many tourists today Alhambra seems like a well preserved monument'.
