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News about the Alhambra of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Art, music, tourism, etc.

7/2/2014

July's Piece of the Month at the Alhambra Museum: the Lindaraja Fountain

The tours around July's Piece of the Month at the Alhambra Museum will focus on the Lindaraja Fountain. This piece is special for its decoration, as it features a prominent epigraphic inscription. 

6/25/2012

The Patio de los Leones in the Alhambra will be ready this summer

Will reopen to the public again this summer and will return to its historical image with white marble from Macael.

7/12/2011

Space of the month: Torre de los Picos - Alhambra

The Tower of the Points (Torre de los Picos) received this name because its merlons end in brick pyramids. It was built in the late 13th century or beginning of the 14th and it is therefore surprising to see its Gothic style.

5/23/2011

Spanish paradise: gardens of the Alhambra at the New York Botanical Garden

In the late Middle Ages, the Moors sought to create their own version of paradise on Earth at a place they called the Alhambra in what is now Granada, Spain. Seven centuries later, few have come close to matching the Moors’ efforts, but the folks at the New York Botanical Garden are at least willing to give it a shot—recreating elements of the famous Gardens of Alhambra with this exciting, ongoing flower exhibition at the Haupt Conservatory. Flamenco music, Spanish cuisine and the poetry of Federico Lorca will add to the ambiance in and around the gardens throughout the summer.

2/2/2011

Tower of the Captive space of the month at the Alhambra

During the month of February will be open for visitors to the Tower of the Captive, one of the most important of the Alhambra. The rest of the year is closed for conservation reasons

5/12/2010

Alhambra Exhibition

The exhibition “La Alhambra crece. 25 años de adquisiciones del Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife” (The Alhambra grows. 25 years of acquisitions of the Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife), shows 274 pieces acquired by the monument since 1985.

5/6/2010

Hotel Parador Granada Spain

The 'Parador Museum' of Granada, located in the grounds of the Alhambra and Generalife, will be the first Parador of Andalucia and the third of the country to become a museum and display pieces of artistic value as the tomb where rested the Catholic Monarchs, The Gardens of Paradise, the Arab hammam or the Nazari Room.

The Parador Museum is one of the highest rated hotels in Granada by visitors for its privileged location and its services.

4/20/2010

Alhambra guided tours by specialists

Guided tours will take place until next June, on Fridays at 4 pm and on Saturdays and Sundays at 10am. You may reserve a place in the office of the Alhambra in the Corral del Carbón.

2/11/2008

Flying to Granada from the Midlands

The Sunday Times opens its travel clinic on a daily basis to answer your holiday queries. Today: getting to the Alhambra

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