EL ALHAMBRA

El Alhambra

El Alhambra was the most important Arabian palace, and best conserved

Alhambra means “the red one” which refers to the color mountains on which Alhambra was built

There is two entrances to the palace, one in the north and one in the south

- North: Puerta de las Armas

- South: Puerta de la Justicia

El Alhambra Residence

This great military fortification was edited to be a place of residence in the 13th century, by Mohammed III.

Torre de la vela was a tower which had a great view of the city

Alhambra History - Alhambra was completed near

the end of morrish rule in spain, by Yusuf 1-Alhambra shows the moorish culture that was brought into spain by moorish conquest-Walls were originally whitewashed, but turned reddish as of late-Alhambra was not a big strong fortress, determined armies could conquer if necessary-In 1238 Abdallah ibn al-ahmar came to the site where Alhambra was located, and inspected it-He left designs for the castle, which included six palaces-Previous castle depended on rainwater, new castle had irrigation system and gardens

Alhambra Setting

The Alhambra is located in the Andalucia Region of Spain.

This is the southernmost Region in spain

The Fortification goes all the way back to the 9th century

Where it is located is in the mountanous landscape of Andalucia

El Alhambra Palaces The Palaces of Alhambra

were mainly added under the rule of Mohammed V

Some of the names of these Palaces were:

-Mexuar(originally built by Ismael 1, but reconstructed by Mohammed V)

-The Palace of Comares

- The Palace of Mohammed

El Alhambra Gardens

The Alhambra Gardens were made around the early 14th century

They have their original shaping since they were made

The Gardens have been an inspiration to many musicians, and authors

Alhambra Art

After the Christian conquest in 1492, Charles V redid the interior of the Alhambra

He took out furniture and ripped paintings

He replaced the paintings with Renaissance paintings

Alhambra Art

Philip V italianized the rooms of the moorish palace

Charles V also tore down a moorish palace to create his own but never finished

Moorish art continued to take hits from leaders, and natural disasters

Alhambra

The Alhambra resembled many midieval Christian Strongholds

The oldest part of the castle is the citadel (also called the alcazaba)

The Alhambra offers Spain a big Tourisim option. It is a special/beautiful place to visit so it offers help to the Spanish economy.

Sources http://

www.red2000.com/spain/granada/alhambra.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra Google

Images:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra