Culture

The Alhambra stands on the hill of the Sabika, one of the highest points of the city of Granada. This site was looking for a strategic defensive situation and at the same time transmit a clear symbol, where the peak of power is very perceptible for the rest of the city, a location chosen to be contemplated. The occupation of this hill goes back to Roman times. From year 899 dated the first written references of a military site in the zone. In the middle of the XI century, when Grenada became capital of the kingdom of Taifa, under the ziríes dynasty, the constructions were extended.

The Alhambra became a royal residence, starting in 1238, with the coming to power of Muhammad ibn Nasr, the first monarch of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, for which he created a water supply of his own. The most luxurious buildings of the palaces that today are preserved, the palace of Comares and the Lions, come from the fourteenth century. The set has an elongated and irregular shape adapted to the shape of the hill on which it stands. Its length is 740 m. And its width varies between 180 and 40 meters.

Mapa virtual y 3D de la Alhambra