City of Granada | Five Fascinating Facts

The magnificent Alhambra at sunset. The jewel of Granada © Michelle Chaplow

Granada City - Five Fascinating Facts

by Fiona Flores Watson

Granada boasts one of the most magnificently positioned palaces in the world, as wondrous to behold from across the gorge, with the white peaks of the Sierra Nevada glinting behind in the sun, as it is to examine close at hand, with its elaborate symbolic designs. The city has a fascinating history, which can still be seen today in Granada´s carmens and Arab baths. The past also links with contemporary Granada in the new mosque, and in ongoing controversy over the resting place of the city´s most famous son, Federico Garcia Lorca.

Granada City - Fact 1 - Carmens

Nothing to do with Bizet´s opera, these are hillside townhouses with private walled gardens. They originate from Moorish times, and the design of the carmen expresses the Islamic idea of the inner… More →

Granada City - Fascinating Fact 2 - New Mosque

In 1981 a group of Spanish Muslims, mostly converts, launched plans for a brand new mosque in Granada, funded by various Muslim countries who have never lost their love for the city.

Granada City - Fascinating Fact 3 - Alhambra

The intricate interiors of the Alhambra are as instructive as they are exquisite. Under Islamic law, no depictions of living beings (people, plants or animals) are allowed, so instead the walls… More →

Granada City - - Fascinating Fact 4 - Public Baths

Visiting the ´´hammam´´ or public bathhouse was an essential pastime, both for hygiene and social reasons, in Moorish Granada - they were important meeting places for both sexes (on separate days… More →

Granada city - Fascinating Fact 5 - Lorca´s house

Spain´s most famous 20th-century literary figure, Federico Garcia Lorca, was murdered by Fascists, probably for his political leanings and sexual orientation, in Granada, in 1936 - just before the… More →

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