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People go trekking at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, Texas, U.S., on April 20. The country eased COVID-19 lockdown measures by resuming public transport and reopening shops.

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With travel regulations still in place until June 21, only locals were able to visit the site which was once home to the Moorish kings and is now one of the world's largest open-air museums of Islamic architecture.Even as the world continues to battle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, several countries, where the daily growth of new infections has reduced, are beginning to take tentative steps to ease lockdown measures in order to allow citizens to move freely for the first time in weeks and to revive the economy. Tourists kiss at the Trevi Fountain in Rome as Italy eased its lockdown measures, on May 28.

© Pierre-Henry Deshayes/AFP/Getty Images Unlimited access to 5,000+ magazines and newspapers; flat 50% off The Alhambra has been closed until further notice. The first reference to al-Ḥamrāʼ came in lines of poetry attached to an arrow shot over the ramparts, recorded by Ibn Hayyan:

Unlimited access to 5,000+ magazines and newspapers; flat 50% off "This is a happy day because we're seeing visitors again," said Rocio Diaz who heads the trust that runs the site.

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Entrance to the Nasrid Palaces is strictly limited to the time slot indicated on the ticket.

"I feel very proud to be here and to be the first visitor allowed into the Alhambra," said Mariana Castro Mendoza, a 36-year-old Mexican living in Granada, where the Alhambra is located. Every visitor to the Alhambra is assigned a time to enter the Nasrid Palaces in order to restrict the number of visitors inside the palaces.

Around the year 889, forces loyal to Umar ibn Hafsun in revolt against Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi and the Emirate of Córdoba besieged a small Islamic fortress in Granada held by Sawār Ben Hamdūn. A person skies inside the Ski Dubai at the Mall of Emirates, as malls reopen in Dubai, UAE, on May 28. Kaipara Flats School teacher prepares for the return of students in Auckland, New Zealand, on April 28, a day ahead of the schools' reopening for children up to 10 years under Level 3 restrictions.

Members of the artistic group Cirk La Putyka perform to entertain residents during a partial lockdown in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 21.

The country reopened parks and forests from April 20.

One Spain's most visited monuments, Alhambra Palace in the southern Spain reopened its doors on Wednesday after a three-month closure due to the virus.

To mark the occasion, she was allowed to ring the bell in the Torre de la Vela watchtower which dominates the site, saying it gave her "a great sense of pride" with the bell "a symbol of hope for everyone". Women sit at a restaurant in the Mall of Dubai in Dubai, UAE, on April 28 after partial reduction in lockdown restrictions started from April 24. "The Alhambra is always beautiful but now, with fewer people, I feel like it shines even more," said Mendoza, the Mexican visitor.

A cook (R) prepares a dish inside a restaurant in Dubai on May 26, as the Gulf emirate moved to ease their lockdown measures.

The Alhambra was once home to the Moorish kings and is now one of the world's largest open-air museums of Islamic architecture One Spain's most visited monuments, Alhambra Palace in the southern Spain reopened its doors on Wednesday after a three-month closure due to the virus.Under a pristine blue sky with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background, the historic Moorish palace -- and Europe's jewel of Muslim architecture -- was once again opened to visitors, although with strict health and security regulations in place. You have the entire day to visit the Alhambra and as long as you like to explore the Nasrid Palaces.

© Serhat Cagdas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images And from July 1, the frontiers will be open to all international visitors, although strict security measures will remain in place.At the entrance, sanitising gel was on hand and both staff and visitors were wearing masks, with spacing arrows on the floor to avoid crowding and signs reminding people to respect the two-metre security distance. Vendors sell at a market after the nationwide lockdown was eased by the government, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 25.