One of the Albayzín's loveliest churches, overlooking a snug cafe-dotted plaza, the whitewashed Mudéjar San Miguel Bajo church was built atop an old mosque, and still retains its original brick aljibe.
Iglesia de San Miguel Bajo
Granada
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