Capital de la Provincia de

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GRANADA

• Capital de la Provincia de
• GRANADA

Presentación Jeanine Carr
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Andalucía
GRANADA
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THE MOORS AND GRANADA. In 711, los Moros, Arabs
and Berbers from North Africa invaded Spain and
had conquered almost the entire Peninsula from
the Visigoths by 718. With them they brought
Islam. Only some mountainous northern regions
remained Cristianos. The Moslems had a more
advanced culture than most of Europe. They were
advanced in Mathematics (Algebra), medicine,
astronomy and preserved the writings of great
classics from Greece and Rome. They built
exquisite architecture of palaces and mosques and
decorated with horseshoe arches, mosaic, lace
carvings, Arabic writing from the Koran. By the
11th century there were disputes among the
leaders, and the power of los Moros was divided
in weaker states. By the end of the 13th century
the northern Christianos had reconquered the land
and pushed los Moros back southward into the
region of Granada (from the word,
pomegranate). Later los Reyes Católicos Fernando
e Isabel defeated los Moros at their last
stronghold in Granada. They took over the
magnificent Moorish arquitectura and La Alhambra
(the red fort) where we can still visit today El
Patio de los Leones and the magnificent gardens
el Generalife. Los Reyes Católicos who defeated
the Moros are buried in the Holy Chapel of the
Cathedral of Granada. Later on el rey Carlos V
de Habsburgo from the Netherlands had a Spanish
Italian Renaissance palace built on the grounds
de la Alhambra. He never moved in.
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Vista de la Catedral de Granada
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La Catedral de Granada
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Los Mausoleos de Fernando e Isabel

• Los Reyes Católicos
• Dentro de la Capilla Real
• Al lado de la Catedral de Granada

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FERDINAND AND ISABEL THE
REUNIFICATION LA RECONQUISTA Isabel had
inherited the kingdom of Castilla y León. She
later married Fernando from Aragón y Navarra.
Their union started la Reconquista. They wanted
to reunify Spain under one single Catholic faith.
The Spanish flag shows the emblems of Castilla y
León on top of the emblems of Aragón y Navarra at
the bottom. They started the Inquisition to
expulse the non Christians and used los Judios to
defeat los Moros in their stronghold of Granada
in 1492. They carried the extinction of the Jews
through the infamous auto-da-fé, public burning
of the Marranos (conversos who kept on practicing
their Judaism in secret). For their desire to
unify Spain under the banner of Christianity, the
Pope bestowed upon them the title of Reyes
Católicos. They are buried in the Cathedral of
Granada That same year 1492, they sponsored the
first trip of Cristobal Colón to the New World.
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The Alhambra complex sits on a hill at the base
of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Granada,
Spain. The Alhambra is made up of three distinct
areas a fortress known as the Alcazaba,
extensive gardens called the Generalife, and the
royal palace. The Alcazaba, parts of which date
to the 11th century, is the oldest part of the
complex. During the 13th and 14th centuries,
Spains Moorish rulers built the Generalife and
the royal palace in the Islamic architectural
style. This photo faces the Alcazaba, with parts
of the royal palace showing in the background.
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Panorama de la Alhambra

• Al fondo, el Palacio de Verano
• La estructura masiva cuadrada del Palacio de
  Carlos V

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La Alhambra

• La última fortaleza de los Moros hasta 1492
• Al pie de la Sierra Nevada
• De estilo árabe
• Vista al norte

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La Alhambra, Vista al Sur
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Vista del Patio de los Leones
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El Patio de los Leones
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Detalle del Patio

• Cada columna es diferente
• Hay arcos árabes con columnas simples, dobles y
  triples

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Detalle de la cupola de la Sala de las Hermanas
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Decoración árabe con líneas geométricas y texto
del Corán
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Vista del Generalife
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EL Generalife
El jardín de rosas
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El Jardín de la Acequia con el Palacio de Verano
o Pavilión del Norte
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El Palacio Cuadrado de Carlos VEstilo del
Renacimiento
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La Tuna de Granada
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Las Tunas de la Universidad de Granada