Download or read book Granada City of My Dreams written by Lawrence Bohme and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granada, the city of the Alhambra Palace and the last Moorish kingdom of Andalucia, has a special place in our imagination, whether we have visited it or not. As well as being a city of exceptional beauty and interest, it is a symbol for all of us of what happens when different civilizations meet. That is why "Granada, City of My Dreams," in the words of the author, was written not only as a guide but as "a book about Granada for the nun in Norway sitting in her armchair and wishing to travel there in the mind." For, what fascinates us about this universal city is not only its monuments but its marvellous story, "the encounter between Moor and Christian, gypsy and Jew, medieval and Renaissance, glistening snow and Mediterranean sun, in this green balcony of Europe overlooking the naked shores of Africa." Lawrence Bohme, poet, illustrator and curious traveller, has filled these pages with luminous descriptions and drawings, the culmination of forty years of wanderings through the palaces and labyrinths of his adopted homeland, Granada. Things about Granada you can find in this book... A history of Granada / Mirador de San Cristobal and San Miguel Alto / Cathedral quarter / Plaza de Bibarrambla / Mercado de San Agustin / chumbos, caracoles and chirimoyas / Corral del Carbon / Alcaiceria / Madraza / Royal Chapel / Cathedral / Sagrario / the heroic feat of Hernan del Pulgar / Gran Via de Colon / the sons of the sugar beet / Albaicin / The Gate of Paradise / Caldereria to San Nicolas / Placeta de Carvajales / Minaret of San Jose / Plaza de San Miguel Bajo / Palace of King Badis / Cuesta de la Lona / Palace of Dar al-Horra / Convent of Santa Isabel la Real / View from San Nicolas / from San Nicolas to Plaza Larga / from Plaza Larga down Cuesta de la Alhacaba to Puerta de Elvira / Hospital Real / Saint John of God and the Triumph of the Virgin / Plaza Nueva / Casa de Pisa / River Darro and its bridges / El Banuelo - the Bath / Convents of Zafra and Concepcion / Casa de Castril / Paseo de los Tristes / Sacromonte / San Juan de los Reyes / Alhambra / Alhambra Alta / Monastery of San Francisco / Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra and the two monks / Puerta del Vino - Gate of Wine / Alcazaba / Palace of Carlos Quinto / Nasrid Palaces / a brief history of al-Andalus, from the Visigoths to the Catholic Monarchs / Mexuar and its oratory / Cuarto Dorado / Tower of Comares / The Hall of Power / Courtyard of the Lions / Hall of Abencerrajes / Hall of the Kings - Sala de los Reyes / Hall of the Two Sisters / Sala de camas - the Bath / Rooms of Carlos Quinto / Tocador de la Reina - Queen's Dressing Room / Partal, Torre de las Damas and the Mosque / The four towers / Generalife / Hill of the Martyrs / Torres Bermejas / Saint John of the Cross / Casa de Manuel de Falla / Realejo / Campo del Principe / Church of Santo Domingo / Casa de los Tiros / Vestiges and ghosts of the old Granada / Puerta Real / Palace of Bibataubin / Plaza del Campillo, Calle Ganivet and the old "Manigua" / Calle Recogidas, and the convent which gave it its name / The uncloistered fountains of San Agustin and La Trinidad / Street of the Boards and Street of the Little Bridges / Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo / The Green Bridge and "French Granada" / Ermita de San Sebastian / Alcazar Genil / Puerta de San Lorenzo, the gate that got lost / Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo / Acequia Gorda and Paseo de las Palmas / Epilogue - What became of the Moors of Granada? / some other pieces / Aben Humeya and the War of the Alpujarra / The Queen and the gypsies / The King's Jews / The multiple origins of "marrano" / Moro, mudejar and morisco."

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Download or read book Granada written by Steven Nightingale and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yearning for a change, Steven Nightingale took his family to live in the ancient Andalucían city of Granada. But as he journeyed through its hidden courtyards, scented gardens and sun-warmed plazas, Steven discovered that Granada's present cannot be separated from its past, and began an eight-year quest to discover more. Where once Christians, Muslims and Jews lived peacefully together and the arts and sciences flourished, Granada also witnessed brutality: places of worship razed to the ground, books burned, massacre and anarchy. In the 1600s the once-populous city was reduced to 6,000 who lived among rubble. In the next three centuries, the deterioration worsened, and the city became a refuge for anarchists; then during the Spanish Civil War, fascism took hold. Literary and sensual, Steven Nightingale produces a portrait of a now-thriving city and the joy he discovered there, revealing the resilience and kindness of its people, the resonance of its gardens and architecture, the wonders of the Alhambra and the cyclical nature of darkness and light in the history of Andalucía.At once personal and far-reaching, Granada is an epic journey through the soul of this most iconic of cities.

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Download or read book Shadows of Granada written by Manal Elkady and published by Partridge Africa. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical novel, speaking about a critical period in the sixteenth century, connecting Granada to Egypt. Dorra, a carpet weaver, her grandson Maa-alzahab, and her sister Sahar are the main characters that represent Granada. Ibrahem, the son of the head of merchants of Cairo, is the main character that represents Egypt. Through the sequence of events, Ibrahem travels to Granada and meets Dorra, her grandson, and her sister, and there they exchange their tales, joys, fears, hopes. As you turn the pages, you will be oriented of the struggle between exclusion, seclusion due to ideological differences from one side and open minds from the other side, represented by the great Arabian philosophers, Sufis who were stated in the novel as Averroes, Ibn-Arabi and Ibn-Tofail. It is a story about human beings who loved life, were eager for every drop of it, yet were oppressed. That period was critical. The author sets a question: "Who would have the upper hand life or oppression?" The answer isnt easy.

Download or read book City of Illusions written by Helen Rodgers and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granada is a deceptive city, concealing a layered past and a complex character. The last Muslim capital in Western Europe, over the centuries it has captured the hearts and imagination of its inhabitants, and featured in countless myths and legends. Yet historical evidence reveals real tales from Granada that are even more fascinating: a romantic epic of secrets and follies, victory and failure, poetry and art.City of Illusions brings together Granada's many stories--the archaeological forger, the renegade French general, the garrotted liberal heroine, and the Jewish poet and right hand of two Muslim rulers. From the founding dynasty to the building of the Alhambra, to the Reconquista, French occupation and Spanish Civil War, this is the history of Granada from its eleventh-century origins to the present day.Granada's historical narrative has long been fought over, recreated, idealised or buried. Elegant and deeply researched, this book sets the record straight, delving into the true story of a beautiful city, with all its quirks, mysteries, intrigues and triumphs.

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