In its evolution Castilian interlayer between a carpet, which,
in classical Arabic, was the meaning of “redness,” written as “humrah.” The
derivative of the name Alhambra
which is only one version; there are others who say that at the time, the
building was actually whitewashed.
The name “red” came about because, while building the Alhambra at night and
seeing it from afar, light from the torches made it appear red. Other authors
argue that “Alhambra”
is simply the feminine name of its founder, Abu Alahmar, which, in Arabic,
means “red”.
History
The Alhambra
is a walled city (medina) that occupies most of the Cerro de La Sabika. The
city of Granada had its own fortress; however,
the Alhambra
could thus function as a city in its own right. Within the Alhambra were all the services necessary for
the people living there: the royal palace; mosques; schools; workshops; etc.
When Ben-Al-Hamar (Mohammed-Ben-Nazar) came to Granada in the year 1238,
the population received him with shouts of welcome for the winner by the grace
of Allah, to which he replied, “Only Allah wins.” This is the motto of the coat
of arms and also the in the writing of the Nasrids throughout the Alhambra.
Ben-Al-Hamar built the first nucleus of the palace. His son,
Mohammed II, who was a friend of Alfonso X the Wise.
The style of the Alhambra in Granada is the
culmination of art Andalusian and what happened in the mid-14th century with
Yusuf I and Mohammed V in 1333 and 1354.
In 1492, with the conquest of Granada
by the Catholic Kings, the Alhambra
became the royal palace. The Count of Tendilla, of the Mendoza
family, was the first Christian mayor of the Alhambra.
Hernando del Pulgar, chronicler of the time, wrote that the
Count of Tendilla and Comendador Mayor de Leon, Gutierres Cardenas, and
Fernando el Catolico received the keys for the Alhambra
and went over to the Tower
of Comares and raised the
cross and the flag.
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO declared the Alhambra
and Generalife inGranada as a World Heritage Site at its meeting on 2 November
1984, and five years later the neighborhood of El Albaicin (Al Albayzin), an
ancient medieval town Muslim, got the same name as an extension of the
declaration as a World Cultural Heritage of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
The Alhambra
was one of 21 candidates to be elected as one of the New Seven Wonders of the
World, but ultimately, it did not get this title.
The Alhambra is a palace city
located in Granada.
It is a rich and complex palatial fortress (Alcazaba or andalusia-Ksar) that
housed the monarch and the court of the Kingdom of Granada Nazari.
Its real attraction, as in other works of the Muslim era, is the interior
decoration, which is among the summits of Islamic art.
The Name
Etymologically, Alhambra
in Arabic is “Al Hamra” from the name
“Qal` at al-Hamra (red fortress).”
