Editing Alhambra (section)

=== Generalife ===
{{Main|Generalife}}

[[File:Patio de la Acequia (Generalife) - DSC07863.JPG|thumb|The ''Patio de la Acequia'' in the [[Generalife]]]]
To the east of the Alhambra and outside its walls is the Generalife (from {{Langx|ar|جَنَّة الْعَرِيف |translit=Jannat al-'Ārifa|links=no}}{{Efn|The exact meaning and etymology of the name is not known for certain.{{sfn|Irwin|2004|pp=59–62}}}}), a Nasrid-era country estate which was first built by Muhammad II and Muhammad III in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.{{Sfn|Ruggles|2000|pp=155–156}}{{Sfn|Arnold|2017|p=257}} It underwent multiple modifications under later Nasrid rulers and then by Christian Spanish builders in the 16th century. It features several rectangular garden courtyards with decorated pavilions at either end. A large area of landscaped gardens from the 20th century occupies the approach to the former palace today. The Nasrid palace was originally linked to the Alhambra by a walled corridor that crossed the valley between them.{{Sfn|López|2011|pp=219–237}}