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Court Of Lions - School Essays

Court Of Lions

SANDRA BOADI
COURT OF THE LIONS ALHAMBRA, GRANADA, SPAIN

1.The Courtyard of the Lions is the main courtyard of the Nasrid dynasty Palace of the Lions, in the heart of the Alhambra, the Moorish citadel formed by a complex of palaces, gardens and forts in Granada, Spain. It was commissioned by the Nasrid sultan Muhammed V of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. Its construction started in the second period of his reign, between 1362 and 1391 AD. The site is now part of the UNESCO World Heritage List and minted in Spain's 2011 limited edition of 2 Euro Commemorative Coins.
2. Al-Ahmar, the founder of the Nasrid Dynasty, took up residence at the ...

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forced to retreat from the Christians. The city grew with the development of new suburbs and extended its walls nearly until it was conquered at the end of the 15th century. During these more than two and a half centuries, the relationship between the Alhambra and the city was that of a Medina and its Alcazaba (fortress). In Granada, besides the Alhambra, preserved as a symbolic mythic icon, we find many surviving testimonies and buildings of the Moors period despite the unavoidable transformations that it has experienced since the Middle Ages.
It is currently an artistic-historical monumental group with four clearly distinguishable zones: the Palaces, the military zone or Alcazaba, the city or Medina, and the villa of the General life, all of them surrounded by woods, tree. The Archaeological Museum of the Alhambra was founded in 1940; in 1962 it was called the National Museum of Spanish-Moorish Art (Museo Nacional de Arte HispanomusulmÃ¡n) and since 1994 it has been ...

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Added: 9/28/2015 10:25:15 AM
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