BY Miriam
Charles I of Spain, Charles V of Germany, Prince of Austria or Habsburg was born in Ghent on 24th February 1500. He was raised according to the Court of Burgundy. He was the son on Juana I, the crazy one, from Castilla and Felipe el Hermoso, the handsome one. And on his father’s side Maximiliano I from Austria (Habsburg) […]
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Ferdinand the Catholic, Fernando II of Aragon, son of Juan II of Aragon and Juana Enriquez. He was born in Sos, Saragoza in 1452. Fernando was the King of the Crown of Aragon (1479-1516), Sicily (1468-1516) and Naples (1504-1516). Fernando the Catholic was one of the most important kings in the history of Spain. Thanks to his government and his wife, Isabella […]
BY Miriam
The life of Isabella the Catholic, our personality of this post is extraordinary. The princess Isabel was born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres on 22nd April,1451. She was the daughter of Juan II of Castilla and his second wife Isabel of Portugal. Isabel I of Castilla was a woman in a world of men. Through her […]
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Boabdil, the last Nasrid King. Abu ‘Abd Allāh, Muhammad XI, Boabdil called ‘The Boy’ by the Christians and El Zogoibi ‘the Unfortunate One ‘ by the Moors. He was considered to be the last emir or Nasrid King of Granada. Although the latter is certain the final stage of the Nasrid Dynasty. It was composed […]
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Aisha, Aisha bint Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar was the last Moorish Queen of Granada. She was called Aisha al-Hurra (The Honest One) by her subjects and known as Aixa by her Christian enemies. Aisha al-Hurra was one of the most prestigious women, coming from noble descent and power in the Nasrid court from the end of the XV […]
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Muhammad V or Abu Abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Yusuf is the character of this post. Muhammad V was the eighth King of Granada and the fifth Nasrid Sultan. He was born on 4 th January 1338. The Arabian analysts described Muhammad V as a young man with a great presence and sensitive. He rose to the […]
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Yusuf I of Granada, Abu al-Hachchach Yusuf Ibn Ismail is our main character in this third post. Yusuf I was born in The Alhambra Palace on 28th June 1328. He was given his mother’s name, Bahara, who was a concubine originally from Castellano in his father’s, Abu l-Walid Ismail, harem. The poet and writer, Ibn al […]
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The second of our characters is Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Ibn Nasr. With Muhammad I we see the beginning of the Muslim period in the Iberian Peninsula. Muhammad Ibn Yusuf Ibn Nasr was born in the neighbouring province of Jaen, in Arjona in 1194. He was the founder of the Nasrid Dynasty. Moreover, he also became […]
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Samuel Ibn Nagrella or Samuel (Abu Ibrahim) ben Yosef ibn Nagre- lla ha-Naguid, is better known as ha-Naguid. His name is שמואל הלוי בן יוסף הנגיד Sh’muel ha-Levi ben Yosef han-Nagid in Hebrew. In Arabic is أبو إسحاق إسماعيل بن النغريلة Abu Ishaq Isma’il bin Naghrillah). He is the first person in the biographies that I’m going to share […]
BY Miriam
Cobbled paving is a beautiful hand work very popular in Granada. I will introduce a family of “empedradores”. What is an “empedradores”? The word “empedrado” is a cobbled paving. And the word “empedradores”refers to the craftsmen. Manuel and Jacinto have a business called Empedradores Los Picantes. Los picantes have been dedicated to beautify the streets and to make […]
