The Alhambra (14th century AD) in Granada (southeast Spain) is built at the summit of a Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene conglomeratic formation. Tens of small-scale normal faults crop out along the northern hillslope of the Alhambra, which have a N130–N150 E strike, dipping 65–75 mostly to the southwest. These are closely spaced faults (approximately 5–30 m) with centimetre to several metre displ...
