El Soldado delighted
existed in antiquity a student of Salamanca during the summer was devoted to traveling and singing to his guitar, getting funds to pay for school. Arriving in Granada, and celebrating the eve of San Juan, noticed the presence of a strange soldier dressed in armor and spear. Asking it for its identity, the soldier said he was suffering from a spell had been 300 years: a Muslim alfaqui conjured him to stand guard at Boabdil treasure for all eternity, giving permission to leave only one cache of once every 100 years. .. Asked the student how he could help. The soldier offered him half the treasure by the custodian if it would help to break the spell: it required a fasting priest and a young Christian. The young woman was not difficult to find, but the only cure he found was a fat admirer of the delicacies, so much it took to convince, and only with the promise of wealth agreed to help. They went that night to the hide, located in Alhambra, carrying a basket of food to satisfy their greed the pastor after finishing the job. Come to a tower, the stones of the wall opened to the order of the soldier, revealing a wonderful stay with the loot ... Once inside, and while performing the spell, the hungry priest lunged at the basket and ate a thick capon. Suddenly a student, a girl and a priest were found outside the tower and the entrance sealed ... The spell was broken too soon! That was how the soldier missed the chance to escape this cruel punishment, and the other their dreams of wealth. Although the student's pockets were heavy, which allowed him to live in peace and love with the beautiful young Christian
Partal Gardens and Tower of the Ladies. The Generalife. Silla del Moro
Beyond Generalife (when viewed from the Alhambra), you can see a naked, bald hill is crowned by ruins. Even today this hill is known and La Silla del Moro. This is because, due to an insurgency in the City of Alhambra, King Boabdil (last Muslim ruler of Granada) had to seek refuge in this mountain. It was from there where he sat sadly to contemplate his mutinous Alhambra ...
La Escalera del Agua. The Generalife
The Sigh of the Moor Catholic Kings after snatching the last stronghold of Muslim domination Boabdil (Mohamed Abu Abdalahyah), the Moorish king and his entourage were driven from Granada and were given a small territory in the barren Alpujarras, where still hold out a few years. The fall of Granada was due to carelessness Boabdil for the defense of Granada and their affinity for the holidays and leisure. Way to his exile, he dared not turn Boabdil looked up at Granada, and only when he was far behind on the hill known as The Moor's Sigh stopped and seen watching his palace ... sighed, and began to mourn. , And it was his own mother who told him: "Weep like a woman what you did not defend as a man."
Legend of room Abencerrajes Abencerrajes name comes from the surname of a noble family of the time, who had their homes in the interior of the Alhambra. Legend has it that this family had as a political rival Zenetes another call, which decided to end their opponents by a conspiracy ... Thus, they invented a relationship between the sultan and one of the Abencerrajes to get awaken the jealousy and anger in the Sultan ... Sultan, blinded by the shock, and during a party at the hall that bears the family name, was beheaded on the source to the 37 men who carried the name of Abencerrajes. It is said that the red color that even today can be seen in the basin of the fountain, and the water channel leading to the source of the Patio de los Leones, is due to staining of the blood of murdered men. ..
Patio de la Acequia. El Generalife
Leyendas de La Puerta de la Justicia
Cuenta una leyenda sobre la puerta de la Justicia, relacionada con la construcción misma de la Alhambra. Siempre se ha hablado de la dedicación puesta en la construcción de la Alhambra, tanto en lo decorativo como en lo arquitectónico. Se asegura que tan sumamente recia era su construcción que, aún recibiendo el ataque de mil ejércitos enemigos, jamás caería. Así pues, el día que la llave del arco interior de la Puerta de la Justicia y la mano de su arco exterior se unan, es decir, si la Alhambra cae, será por que ha llegado el fin del mundo. Otra leyenda cuenta sobre el Arco de la Justicia, que tal era la magnificencia This entry to the Alhambra, which ensured that no knight on horseback with a lance, could touch the tip of this hand carved high in the outer arc. Were so sure of it, which ensured that whoever got to conquer the throne of the Alhambra.
