The Alhambra at the Crossroads of History: Eastern and Western Visions in the Long Nineteenth CenturyEdhem Eldem
By: Daniel Evon / Photographs Courtesy of The Alhambra Granada has a rich and complicated history. It originated as an Iberian settlement under Ancient Roman rule. When the Roman Empire fell, Visigoths maintained it as a military hub. In 711, Muslim...Read More ...
These arrived in 1492, when the island was discovered by Christopher Columbus. Anti-semitism, the Spanish Inquisition and finally expulsion caused Jews to flee Spain which had been their home for hundreds of years.Columbus' crew set sail from Spain, the very day of the Alhambra Decree. The ...
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Patio de los Leones in the Nasrid Palaces of the Alhambra The 14th century the Nasrid Palaces are the jewel of the Alhambra. Visiting this Moorish royal palace complex will give you the opportunity to see most important remains of a culture that flourished and thrived, while the rest of Euro...
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1,730 meters (1 mile) of walls and thirty towers of varying size enclose this city within a city. Access was restricted to four main gates. The Alhambra’s nearly 26 acres include structures with three distinct purposes, a residence for the ruler and close family, the citadel, Alcazaba—ba...
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By the 1970s, cafés such as the Alhambra on al. Jerozolimskie, “Na trakcie” on ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie, the bar at the Ambassador on ul. Ujazdowskie, the café Antyczna on ul. Nowy Swiat (opposite the pissoir on Plac Trzech Krzyzy), and the washrooms at Warsaw’s Central...