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GRANADA As I left the Chapel Royal, in the middle of Granada, I noticed a watchman standing at the entrance to the Palace of the Madraza - the old Islamic University established by Yusuf I in 1333. I asked if I could enter and he replied in Spanish which I didn’t understand and invited me in and closed the big iron door. I was led into a central courtyard in the Moorish style with a balastraded verahdah and cedar eaves. He beckoned me into a locked room and I followed. Before me spread a veritab… Continue