Download or read book City of Illusions written by Helen Rodgers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 246 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 hearts and imaginations, inspiring countless myths and legends. Yet its history reveals even more fascinating tales: 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, the Jewish poet who served two Muslim rulers. This colourful cast of characters takes us from the founding eleventh-century dynasty and the building of the Alhambra, through the Reconquista, French occupation and Spanish Civil War, right up to the present day. Granada's history has long been fought over, rewritten, idealised or buried. This rich, elegant book sets the record straight on a beautiful, elusive city, with all its quirks, mysteries, intrigues and triumphs.

Download or read book City Maps Granada Spain written by James mcFee and published by Soffer Publishing. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Maps Granada Spain is an easy to use small pocket book filled with all you need for your stay in the big city. Attractions, pubs, bars, restaurants, museums, convenience stores, clothing stores, shopping centers, marketplaces, police, emergency facilities are only some of the places you will find in this map. This collection of maps is up to date with the latest developments of the city as of 2017. We hope you let this map be part of yet another fun Granada adventure :)

Download or read book Granada and the Alhambra written by Albert Frederick Calvert and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granada and the Alhambra is an exciting insight into Albert Frederick Calvert's travels through Granada, Spain in the early 1900s. Calvert was an English author, engineer and explorer. Granada is one of his 36 books on Africa and Spain.

Download or read book From Muslim to Christian Granada written by A. Katie Harris and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-03-19 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue. Old Bones for a New City -- 1 Granada in the Sixteenth Century -- 2 Controversy and Propaganda -- 3 Forging History: Granadino Historiography and the Sacromonte -- 4 Civic Ritual and Civic Identity -- 5 The Plomos and the Sacromonte in Granadino Piety -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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."

Download or read book City Steeple City Streets written by Candace Slater and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candace Slater's new book focuses on narratives concerning Fray Leopoldo de Alpandeire (1864-1956), a Capuchin friar from Granada and probably the most popular nonconsecrated saint today in all of Spain. In tracing the emergence of a group of contemporary legends about Fray Leopoldo, Slater discusses both the stories she tape-recorded in the streets of Granada and the friar's official biography. She underscores the essential pluralism of the tales, their undercurrent of resistance to institutional authority, and their deep concern for the relationship between past and present. Bearing witness to the subtlety and resilience of even the most apparently conservative folk-literary forms, these stories are not only about the role of saints and miracles in an increasingly secular and industrial society but, first and foremost, also about the legacy of the Franco years. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Download or read book Granada City trip in Andalusia written by Cristina Rebiere and published by Rebiere. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We welcome you in your new Voyage Experience guide: "Granada - City trip in Andalusia". If you are planning to spend a weekend or a short stay of a few days in Granada, then this guide will help you to discover this beautiful Andalusian city, located at the foot of the mountains of the Sierra Nevada as well as the small town of Santa Fe, located 11 km further. You will also find beautiful surprises in Alhama de Granada, as well as in the natural trails of a superb dizzying hike that we will propose to you just a few kilometers from the big city. You will certainly appreciate the harmonious mix of cultures that, over the centuries, have made Granada a true multifaceted city and region. Each of its neighborhoods has its own personality and identity, including the Alcaicería, the cathedral and its stunning palatial complex, the Alhambra, which is a true city all by itself. We will share with you our discoveries: the gorgeous city of Granada, but also the little Santa Fe - witness of the last offensive of the Catholic Kings against the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, Alhama de Granada and a breathtaking hike in the region. If you want to discover at the same time the superb and surprising region of Guadix which equals in beauty the famous Cappadocia in Turkey and its troglodyte life, then do not hesitate to buy the guide dedicated to it. We spent more than two months touring this beautiful Andalusian region, amazed by its beauties. So why not you?

Download or read book Granada Spain written by Lea Rawls and published by Photo Book. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. It sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held.The Alhambra, an Arab citadel and palace, is located in Granada. It is the most renowned building of the Andalusian Islamichistorical legacy with its many cultural attractions that make Granada a popular destination among the tourist cities of Spain. The Almohad influence on architecture is also preserved in the Granada neighborhood called the Albaicín with its fine examples of Moorish and Morisco construction. Granada is also well-known within Spain for the University of Granada which has an estimated 82,000 students spread over five different campuses in the city. The pomegranate (in Spanish, granada) is the heraldic device of Granada.The Alhambra is a Nasrid "palace city." It was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1984. It is certainly Granada's most emblematic monument and one of the most visited in Spain.The Generalife is a garden area attached to the Alhambra which became a place of recreation and rest for the Granadan Muslim kings when they wanted to flee the tedium of official life in the Palace. It occupies the slopes of the hill Cerro del Sol above the ravines of the Genil and the Darro and is visible from vantage points throughout the city.It was conceived as a rural village, consisting of landscaping, gardens and architecture. The palace and gardens were built during the reign of Muhammed III (1302-1309) and redecorated shortly after by Abu l-Walid Isma'il (1313-1324). It is of the Islamic Nasrid style, and is today one of the biggest attractions in the city of Granada. The Generalife was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.The cathedral of Granada is built over the Nasrid Great Mosque of Granada, in the centre of the city.The Catholic Monarchs chose the city of Granada as their burial site by a royal decree dated September 13, 1504.The Albayzín (or Albaicín) is a neighborhood of Al-Andalus origin, much visited by tourists who flock to the city because of its historical associations, architecture, and landscape.The Sacromonte neighbourhood is located on the Valparaíso hill, one of several hills that make up Granada.The Charterhouse of Granada is a monastery of cloistered monks, located in what was a farm or Muslim almunia called Aynadamar("fountain of tears") that had an abundance of water and fruit trees.The Mosque of Granada was inaugurated in 2003 on the summit of the neighborhood of Albayzin. The mosque was built near the Church of San Salvador and the Church of San Nicolás. The Church of San Salvador was built on the site of the Great Mosque of Albayzin.The Palace of the Marqués de Salar was built in one of the most emblematic streets of Granada, the Carrera del Darro, at number 5.

Download or read book Rick Steves Snapshot Sevilla Granada Southern Spain written by Rick Steves and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Sevilla, Granada, and Southern Spain. In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the best of Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba, Andalucía, and Spain's southern coast. With Rick's helpful hints, you'll learn how to get a reservation for the Alhambra and where to dance the Flamenco in Sevilla. You'll get Rick's firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, and nightlife, and the maps and self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket. Rick Steves Snapshot guides consist of excerpted chapters from Rick Steves European country guidebooks. Snapshot guides are a great choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations. These slim guides offer all of Rick's up-to-date advice on what sights are worth your time and money. They include good-value hotel and restaurant recommendations, with no introductory information (such as overall trip planning, when to go, and travel practicalities).

Download or read book Granada Spain City Map written by Jason Bates and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for an easy-to-use, pocket city map that you can carry around with you, wherever you go without having to juggle with foldable maps that quickly turn into a complete mess? The Glob:us city maps is all you'll need to have the whole city within arm's reach: clear, black & white maps, at a comfortable scale, with all the points of interest included, plus a handy streets index, so that you'll never miss a thing again. So, are you ready for your next adventure?

Download or read book Is Granada a European City written by Michelle Diamond Lee and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Creating Christian Granada written by David Coleman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly detailed examination of a critical and transitional episode in Spain's march to global empire.

Download or read book Travel Like a Local Map of Granada written by Maxwell Fox and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Ready For The Adventure Of A Lifetime! Are you planning your next vacation abroad and you're ready to explore? Do you want to be prepared for everything? Are you ready to experience every new place you visit just like a local? Well, with this amazing Granada (Spain) travel map you're all set and ready to go! The Granada (Spain) map was carefully designed to give you amazing results and make traveling easier than ever. We make sure to constantly update our info to give you the most relevant and accurate information, so you will never get confused or frustrated during your Granada (Spain) trip. The map is very detailed and it will not only give you all the available roads and routes, but also the essential information to make your Granada (Spain) vacation unforgettable. In the map you can see all the available means of transport, bus stops and routes so you can always know how to get everywhere. And because we know that a vacation is not only about the roads and busses, the map gives you many options for eating, drinking and having a good time! We carefully marked all the restaurants, bars and pubs so you can always find one that is nearby. In the Granada (Spain) map you will also find the best places to go shopping, the most famous and must-see sights, churches and more. And if an emergency comes up, there are markings of police stations and hospitals everywhere for your convenience. Each kind of marking has a different color so you can easily navigate around the map and find exactly what you're looking for within seconds. The city is also organized in sections so you can better find your way around. So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags, get your map and let's get started! Just Click "Add To Cart Now"

Download or read book From Muslim to Christian Granada written by A. Katie Harris and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-03-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honorable Mention, 2010 Best First Book, Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies In 1492, Granada, the last independent Muslim city on the Iberian Peninsula, fell to the Catholic forces of Ferdinand and Isabella. A century later, in 1595, treasure hunters unearthed some curious lead tablets inscribed in Arabic. The tablets documented the evangelization of Granada in the first century A.D. by St. Cecilio, the city’s first bishop. Granadinos greeted these curious documents, known as the plomos, and the human remains accompanying them as proof that their city—best known as the last outpost of Spanish Islam—was in truth Iberia’s most ancient Christian settlement. Critics, however, pointed to the documents’ questionable doctrinal content and historical anachronisms. In 1682, the pope condemned the plomos as forgeries. From Muslim to Christian Granada explores how the people of Granada created a new civic identity around these famous forgeries. Through an analysis of the sermons, ceremonies, histories, maps, and devotions that developed around the plomos, it examines the symbolic and mythological aspects of a new historical terrain upon which Granadinos located themselves and their city. Discussing the ways in which one local community’s collective identity was constructed and maintained, this work complements ongoing scholarship concerning the development of communal identities in modern Europe. Through its focus on the intersections of local religion and local identity, it offers new perspectives on the impact and implementation of Counter-Reformation Catholicism.

Download or read book Travel Like a Local Map of Granada Black and White Edition written by Maxwell Fox and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Ready For The Adventure Of A Lifetime! This is a Black and White edition of Travel Like a Local map book. Are you planning your next vacation abroad and you're ready to explore? Do you want to be prepared for everything? Are you ready to experience every new place you visit just like a local? Well, with this amazing Granada (Spain) travel map you're all set and ready to go! In the map you can see all the available means of transport, bus stops and routes so you can always know how to get everywhere. And because we know that a vacation is not only about the roads and busses, the map gives you many options for eating, drinking and having a good time! We carefully marked all the restaurants, bars and pubs so you can always find one that is nearby. In the Granada (Spain) map you will also find the best places to go shopping, the most famous and must-see sights, churches and more. And if an emergency comes up, there are markings of police stations and hospitals everywhere for your convenience. The city is also organized in sections so you can better find your way around. So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags, get your map and let's get started! Just Click "Add To Cart Now"

Download or read book At Least One Balcony written by Boyce Quinn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, Boyce and Kay Quinn dreamed of living abroad. They'd traveled extensively, but they wanted a deeper experience; one they felt could not be achieved by simply traveling through a country. They did not, however, want to renovate a villa or raise goats in the mountains. Their goal was to live comfortably in a historic city and to fill each day with pleasure and discovery. They chose Granada, Spain, to live out their dream. There were a few hurdles. First, they didn't speak Spanish. Second, they knew not one person living in Spain. Third, they arrived without a place to live. At Least One Balcony tells their story from beginning to end, from planning their adventure, obtaining visas, and renting an apartment, to surviving excessive togetherness, coping in a foreign language, improvising holidays abroad, and becoming members of the neighborhood. At Least One Balcony also contains a sprinkling of the history of Spain as well as information about the language, the royal family, and the Spanish lifestyle. Often humorous, filled with frustrations and triumphs, At Least One Balcony describes how Boyce and Kay met the challenge of learning to live in Granada, Spain.

Download or read book Granada written by Steven Nightingale and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andalusia: ancient homeland of the mysterious Iberians, birthplace of Roman emperors, seedbed of modern Anarchism, and unmarked gravesite of Spain's greatest lyric poet. Perhaps most importantly, Andalusia is home to the city of Granada, where a hybrid culture composed of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions gave rise to an intellectual vanguard whose achievements can be compared only with those of classical Athens, Ming China, or Renaissance Italy. Granada resident Steven Nightingale excavates the rich past of his adopted city and its surrounding countryside, finding there a lavish story of utopian ecstasy, political intrigue, and finally anguish. Part of that region in southern Spain named by its Islamic rulers "Al–Andalus," medieval Granada witnessed a flourishing of poetry in several languages, the first modern translations of Greek philosophy, the birth of algebra, and the construction of architectural masterpieces such as the Alhambra and the Generalife. Yet with Ferdinand and Isabella's sack of Granada in 1492, regarded as the culmination of the Reconquista, which sought to reclaim Spain for the Vatican, a Catholic mythology of Spain began to erode Granada's centuries–old reputation as an artistically vital haven for multiple ethnic and religious groups. Linking the disastrous afterlife of the Reconquista to the Catholic nationalism of the Franco regime—whose execution of Granadan poet Federico Garcia Lorca symbolizes the suppression of Andalusia's cultural heritage—Nightingale demonstrates the extent to which this Catholic triumphalism also obscured the source of much cultural wealth bequeathed by Al–Andalus to Christian Europe. Nightingale's own account of the region's medieval zenith recovers the intellectual pageantry and aesthetic splendor of this astounding period in Western history and the marvelous city that was its cultural center.