Where am I? Under the minaret

Framed by a Moorish arch (or is it just a Moorish-looking arch?), a blue-green Islamic minaret (or does it just look like a minaret?) rises above tall trees in a city with about 1.5 million residents. This might be a good time to remember that the words azure, admiral, adobe, alcohol and assassin all came to English by way of Arabic. The same is true for many Spanish words. But maybe none of that matters. What city are we looking at, and when did this tower go up?

Cairo; 10th century

Esfahan, Iran; 18th century

Las Vegas; 21st century

Granada, Spain; 11th century

Tijuana; 20th century

Tijuana is the right answer. Photo taken in 2007. For more on the tower and Tijuana history, click here.

LINK:

https://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-before-las-vegas-tijuana-was-escape12sep07