Alhambra Gate of Justice

In the center you can see the relief of a hand on the second arc—the relief of a key. This symbolism has led to many explanations, but no definitive explanation is possible as a metaphor of knowledge (the hand will take the key that opens the door of knowledge).. It leads to a square called Plaza de los Aljibes, for being on top of a series of tanks.

On the right is the Puerta del Vino, which communicates with the Alcazaba palace area (the two most famous and best preserved are the Comares Palace and the Palace of the Lions). Detras de la Puerta del Vino, left to right the Palace of Charles I, accesses the zone of the palaces.

When the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Ferdinand, conquered the kingdom of Granada, they expelled the king of Granada, Boabdil, who was sad for having lost what he called “paradise on Earth.” He cried in front of his mother while looking toward Granada, and she said, he was weeping like a woman and wasn’t defending like a man.”

On the way to the coast of Granada is a mountain called “The Moor’s Sigh,” a name that was derived from this legend and that, from this point, can be seen throughout the city, with the Alhambra in the distance, and from where they supposed Boabdil stopped to admire his lost kingdom and could not avoid mourning.

One way to access the site is via the Puerta de las Granadas (up from Plaza Nueva); another way is via the coast of the Chinese (at the end of the Paseo de los Tristes).

The central path, if one climbs the Gate of Granada, is for public transport and reaches the Palace of Charles I. You can get to the Gate of Justice by walking (justice for easy cases [formerly the Axarea Bab, the Gate of the Esplanade, and she never gave justice]).