Granada Attractions

The Alhambra is the culmination of Nasrid art, which is preserved today and dates back to the 14th century, with Yusuf I and Mohammed V in 1333 and 1354.

At present the appearance of the city is quite European, with great importance of the Renaissance and Baroque buildings and less Gothic art.

The Alhambra

Coordinates: 37° 10'37" N 3° 35'24" W / 37.17694, -3.59

Country: Flag of Spain, Spain

Type: Cultural

Criteria: i, iii, iv

ID No.: 314

Region²: Europe and North America

Registration Year: 1984 (VIII meeting)

Year Extension: 1994

For this reason, Alarifes was ordered to create a notable building on the hill-town Sabika regia as hermetic a royal residence and thoroughly impregnable fortress. Works started in 1234 and Sultan Muhammad Andalusi personally inspected its progress since the last Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula as soon as one was in need of a real set of fortresses that dignify their domains.

Being the land of red and reddish color, the peasants in the fertile plain of Granada in the evening are called Kalat-Hamra (the castle, built of red earth), taking the name of Alhambra.

Under the first foothills of the Sierra Nevada, between the rivers Dauro (gold), Genil, and the hill of andalusia-Sabika, the founder of Dynasty II Independent of Granada, Ibn Yusuf b. Jazrayu Ibn al-Nasr al-Ansari, who was born, according to Arab sources, at the end of the year hiya-Dub 591/1-5 December 1194, was recognized under the Sultan of Al-Andalus and emir of Granada, established the capital of Granada in their State.

1 Official name according to Unesco

2 Classification by Unesco

Granada is located in Alhambra, Nasrid palatine city, declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984. The Alhambra. is undoubtedly the most emblematic monument of the city and one of the most visited in Spain. It consists of a defensive, the Alcazaba, Nazaries Palaces, and Gardens of Generalife.

Granada Culture

Art & Architecture

The greatest artist of great wealth is the Hispanic-Muslim art—especially the palatine city of the Alhambra and the Generalife. The Generalife is a magnificent garden of the few kept from medieval times, both for its location and layout and for the variety of flowers, plants, and water games.

The Alhambra was a palace, citadel, fortress, and residence of the sultans Nasrid and senior officials, servants of the court, and elite soldiers (13th and 14th centuries). There are also prominent buildings from different eras, like the Renaissance Palace of Carlos V, where the Museum of the Alhambra, with objects derived from the monument itself, and the Museum of Fine Arts.

When the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Ferdinand, conquered the kingdom of Granada, they expelled Boabdil, the king of Granada, who was very sad for having lost what he called “the paradise on earth.”

And when he cried with his mother and was looking back toward Granada, his mother said he was weeping like a woman and did not defend like a man.

On the way to the coast of Granada, there 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 Alhambra in the distance, and from where Boabdil allegedly stopped to admire his lost kingdom and could not avoid mourning.