Generalife
The Palacio de Generalife ( Arabic جنة العريف, DMG Ǧannat al-'Arif , Garden of the architects') was the summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid - Sultans of Granada . It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984 .
history
The palace and its gardens were built in the 13th century and rebuilt under Ismail I (1313–1324).
The complex consists of the Patio de la Acequia (courtyard of the water channel), which has a long water basin framed by flower beds, fountains, colonnades and pavilions, and the Jardín de la Sultana (garden of the Sultana ). The former is considered the best example of a medieval garden in Al-Andalus . Originally, the Generalife was connected to the Alhambra via a covered footpath across the gorge . The Generalife is one of the oldest remaining Moorish gardens.
The construction of today's gardens began in May 1931 and was completed in October 1951. The footpaths have been paved in the traditional Granada style with a mosaic of pebbles , white from the Darro River and black from the Genil .
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- ↑ Rosemary Burton, Richard Cavendish: Wonders of the World: 100 Great Man-Made Treasures of Civilization . Sterling Publishing Company Inc., 2003, ISBN 1-58663-751-7 , p. 27.
- ^ J. Agustín Núñez (ed.): Muslim and Christian Granada . Edilux, 2002, ISBN 84-95856-07-7 .
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Historic city centers:
Alcalá de Henares with university (1998) |
Ávila with churches outside the city wall (1985) |
Cáceres (1986) |
Cordoba with Mosque-Cathedral (1984) |
Cuenca (1996) |
Granada with Alhambra and Generalife Palace (1984) |
Salamanca (1988) |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999) |
Santiago de Compostela (1985) |
Segovia with Aqueduct (1985) |
Toledo (1986)
Buildings:
Architecture of the Mudéjares in Aragón (1986) |
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias (1985) |
Escorial in Madrid (1984) |
Tower of Hercules (2009) |
Burgos Cathedral (1984) |
Cathedral , Alcázar and Archivo General de Indias in Seville (1987) |
Catalan Romanesque churches in the Vall de Boí (2000) |
Poblet Monastery (1991) |
Monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and San Millán de Suso (1997) |
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (1993) | Monumental Renaissance buildings by Úbeda and Baeza (2003) |
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona (1997) |
Puente de Vizcaya (2006) |
Historic sites of mercury mining: Almadén and Idrija (2012) |
Roman city walls of Lugo (2000) |
Valencia Silk Exchange (1996) |
Works by Antoni Gaudí (1984)
Archaeological sites:
Atapuerca (2000) |
Antequera Dolmen (2016) |
Rock art of the Mediterranean on the Iberian Peninsula (1998) |
Altamira Cave and Paleolithic Cave Paintings in Northern Spain (1985) |
Las Médulas (1997) |
Madīnat az-zahrāʾ (2018) |
Mérida (1993) |
Siega Verde * (2010) |
Tarraco (2000)
Cultural and natural landscapes:
Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe (2017, N) |
Aranjuez (2001, K) |
Ibiza (1999, K / N) |
Way of St. James (1993, K) |
Monte Perdido (1997, K / N) |
Doñana National Park (1994, N) |
Garajonay National Park (1986, N) |
Teide National Park (2007, N) |
Palm grove of Elche (2000, K) |
Serra de Tramuntana (2011, K)
* Expansion of the archaeological sites in Vale do Côa , Portugal;
Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′ 37 " N , 3 ° 35 ′ 7" W.