Granada Albaicin

This neighborhood had its greatest influence at the time of the Nazarite, and thus maintains the urban Nasrid period, with narrow streets in an intricate network that extends from the top (St. Nicholas) to the river Darro street and Elvira, who are in Plaza Nueva.

The traditional type of housing is the carmen, comprised of free housing and surrounded by a high wall that separates it from the street and includes a small orchard or garden. A characteristic of that neighborhood is channeling and distribution of drinking water through tanks. A total of 28 have been found, and a majority of those are still in use.

The Albaicin was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco, during a 1984 meeting. Its wealth of architectural elements include the following:

Ziri Wall, the Alcazaba Cadima. Arc weights or New Gate

Nazari Wall, Fajalauza Gate, the YOUR Torres, Monaita Gate, Gate of Elvira

Church of El Salvador (former mosque), San Cristobal, San Miguel Bajo, San Jose, San Gregorio, San Ildefonso, San Juan de los Reyes (all ancient mosques).

Palace of Dar AlHorra, The Banuelos, Minaret of Almorabitun, Aljibe Trillo House of Mascarones, Yanguas House.

Santa Ana, San Pedro, San Cristobal, San Miguel High

Casa de Porras, Casa del Almirante, Castril House, House of Canvas, House of Cordova

Royal Chancellery

Albaicin (or Albayzin) is a neighborhood and origin of Andalusi and is often visited by tourists who flock to the city because of its historical connotations and landscape architecture.

Its origin dates back to the existence of settlements in the Iberian era, and there was a scattered Roman settlement. There are no records of a Muslim settlement before the arrival of Ziri, when they founded the kingdom Ziri (1013), when he was surrounded by walls (Alcazaba Cadima. It is one of the historic cores of Granada with the Alhambra, and Realejo the suburb of Bib-Rambla, in the flat part of the city).