The Moor’s Chair (Saint Helen's Castle)
Ruined Nasrid watchtower guarding a royal irrigation canal, later the site of a restaurant that never opened.
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This guide to the Moor's Chair at Saint Helen's Castle in Granada follows two very different crews who worked this ridge above the Alhambra. Nasrid-era guards once watched over the Acequia Real, the royal canal carrying river water for miles to feed the Alhambra and Generalife, while centuries later, in 1966, builders spent four years turning the old watchtower into a restaurant with a view over the city. Stand at the ridge's edge and take in the same view both sets of workers once kept watch over.
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