The Alhambra

La alhambra

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Legends of The Gate of Justice

There is a legend about the door of justice, related to the construction it in the Alhambra. It spoke about the dedication in the construction of the Alhambra, because of its decorations and architecture. It says that the very sturdy construction that was attacked by thousand armies, would never fall. So the day that the key to the inner arc of the Gate of Justice and the hand of his arch outer join, ie whether the Alhambra falls, will that has reached the end of the world.

Palace complex

In the Alhambra, there are a lot of very important places. They are the following: -The Alcazaba -The Tower of Justice -The Palace of Charles V -The Court of the Lions -The Partal -The Comares Court -The Generalife

Damage produced in Later Era After the Christian conquest of the city in 1492, the conquerors began to alter the Alhambra. The open work was filled up with whitewash, the painting and gilding effaced, and the furniture soiled , torn, or removed. Charles V (1516–1556) rebuilt portions in the Renaissance style of the period and destroyed the greater part of the winter palace to make room for a Renaissance-style structure which has never been completed. Philip V (1700–1746) Italianised the rooms and completed his palace in the middle of what had been the Moorish building; he had partitions constructed which blocked up whole apartments.

History

Completed towards the end of Muslim rule in Spain by Yusuf I (1333-1353) and Muhammed V, Sultan of Granada (1353-1391), the Alhambra is a reflection of the culture of the last days of the Nasrid emirate of Granada. The last sultan of Granada was Boabdil. The Alhambra was the residence of the sultans of Granada. The Muslim rulers lost Granada and Alhambra in 1492 without the fortress itself being attacked when King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile took the surrounding region

Introduction

The Alhambra, is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain ,known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed during the mid 14th century. Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today.