Mulhacén

Mulhacén (Spanish pronunciation: [mulaˈθen]) (from Arabic: مولاي حسن Mulay Hassan) is the highest mountain in the Iberian Peninsula. It is part of the Sierra Nevada range in the Cordillera Penibética. It is named after Abu l-Hasan Ali, known as Muley Hacén in Spanish, the penultimate Muslim King of Granada in the 15th century who, according to legend, was buried on the summit of the mountain.