It seems a shame the authorities feel compelled to install hideous CCTV cameras in the Alhambra to "protect (both) the visitor and the monument" (story here, in Spanish), and I hope they manage to make theirs more discreet than the millions that blight the urban landscape of Britain and which do sod-all to reduce drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour. I've never noticed so much as a low-key graffito anywhere in the palace or the Generalife gardens, and it doesn't look like there's much of a problem to me. Of course, it may save money (once the cameras are in they'll cut staff hours). Ideal will no doubt be looking into that. There will certainly be an awful lot of footage of Japanese tour groups, and swallows. Of course had the Alhambra been built in the UK it would have been bristling with cameras years ago. And it would probably be closed for Health and Safety reasons anyway.
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