Order of Alhambra the last Moorish stronghold in Spain conquered by the forces of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1492. It was after the completion of the Reconquista that the Spanish monarchs decided to fund Christopher Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas. Spanish, and arguably European, culture changed significantly with this change of leadership, especially since the Catholic religion became the dominant religion in the Iberian Peninsula. The significance of the conquest of the Alhambra in the spread and free practice of the Catholic faith, in Iberia and the Americas, greatly inspired the founder, much as Columbus himself
Alhambra, Illinois Alhambra, Illinois Alhambra is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 681 at the 2010 census. Alhambra is part of the Metro-East region of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alhambra was laid out in 1849. The name was inspired by "Tales of the Alhambra" by Washington Irving. The first cooperative soybean processing unit in Illinois, the Alhambra Grain & Feed Co., was located in Alhambra, Illinois. It began full production on March 1, 1945. Alhambra is located at (38.888614, -89.732616). According to the 2010 census, Alhambra has a total area of , of which