Darro (river)

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Darro
Rio Darro.JPG
Data
location Granada Province , Andalusia , Spain
River system Guadalquivir
Drain over Genil  → Guadalquivir  → Gulf of Cádiz
River basin district Guadalquivir
muzzle in Granada in the Genil coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′ 5 "  N , 3 ° 35 ′ 48"  W 37 ° 10 ′ 5 "  N , 3 ° 35 ′ 48"  W

The Río Darro is a river in the province of Granada in southeastern Spain .

Surname

The origin of the name is unclear, the name is only historically documented in Andalusian sources . A plausible thesis, however, is that the traditional Arabic name is a corruption of the Latin dat aurum ('gives gold'). An Arab traditional form of the name Hadarro could the Sephardic go back, it would ha- the Hebrew article . In the 11th century, Granada was also known as Ġarnāṭa al-Yahūd among the Andalusians .

course

The last 1.6 kilometers of the course up to the confluence with the Genil on Paseo del Violón in Granada have been built over since the 19th century by the Plaza Nueva, the Calle Reyes Católicos and the Acera del Darro, at the church of Santa Ana y San Gil the river disappears underground.

  • The Río Darro in Granada

  • At the church of Santa Ana y San Gil, the river disappears underground

Attractions

Since the Darro flows between the old town of Granada, the Albaicín and Spain's most famous building, the Alhambra , there are a number of sights along its urban course.

  • Alhambra
  • Bañuelo
  • Maristan
  • La Zafra and San Pedro y San Pablo convents
  • San Gil y Santa Ana Church
  • Puente del Cadí (incorrectly named that way)
  • Casa de las Chirimías (~ 'Oboe House')
  • Archaeological Museum of Granada
  • Paseo de los Tristes (actually Paseo del Padre Manjón the street is better known under its unofficial name 'Path of the Mourners'; in the pre-motorized age the mourning parishes moved out here to get to the municipal cemetery behind the Alhambra on the Sabika hill)