{"id":9376,"date":"2025-08-08T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granada.hammamalandalus.com\/?p=9376"},"modified":"2025-08-10T07:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:25:35","slug":"arab-legacy-in-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granada.hammamalandalus.com\/en\/arab-legacy-in-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab legacy in Granada"},"content":{"rendered":"
If one city gives special meaning to the Muslim legacy, it is Arab Granada. In every corner you can feel the essence of the people who lived here for centuries, shaping a place rich in culture, architecture, and history. The Arab influence flows through Granada from first to last breath, recalling Boabdil\u2019s sigh\u2014the lament of leaving an incomparable treasure.<\/p>\n
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Granada\u2019s history is intense; its walls reveal the contrasts of many cultures.<\/p>\n
After the Iberians, Romans, and Visigoths, Berber troops invaded the peninsula in 711. Two years later the city was called Ilbira (Elvira). This marked the first Arab footprint in Granada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n During the Caliphate of C\u00f3rdoba (from 929), the city lost prominence until the Taifa kingdoms arose. Then it was ruled for 90 years by the Zirids<\/strong>, a Berber family from North Africa. They built parts of the old wall and the Alcazaba Cadima in the Albaic\u00edn\u2014one tower still remains.<\/p>\n In 1090, the Almoravids took control<\/strong> and built the Torres Bermejas and the Puerta de las Pesas. Later, in 1154, the Almohads<\/strong> came to power and raised the wall that now surrounds the Realejo neighborhood, once a Muslim quarter.<\/p>\n Construction of the Alhambra began in 1237. A year later the troops of Muhammad Ibn al-Ahmar founded the Nasrid Kingdom<\/strong>. This golden age lasted until 1492, when the Catholic Monarchs conquered Granada.<\/p>\n From that period comes Arab Granada\u2019s most important monument\u2014and one of the world\u2019s most visited: the Alhambra.<\/p>\nThe Cultural Arab Legacy in Granada<\/strong><\/h2>\n