View to Alhambra
View to Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolas.
La Alcazaba, or ``military fortress´´ is the series of massive towers directly in front of us, the tallest of which is the one with the bell tower, La Torre de la Vela (on the right).
La Torre de la Vela and its sisters, right up to the Palace of Carlos V (here we do not see it) are empty military buildings. The tall slender tower with the single arched window, which stands slightly below the rest of the mass, with its feet plunged more deeply into the vegetation, houses the Puerta de las Armas, the main entrance to the Alhambra until the collapse of the bridge over the river which connected it to the city, after the Christian conquest. The gate itself is hidden from our view on the south side of the tower.
The round tower which stands to the left of the Torre de las Armas is the only part of the fortress which was built by the Christians, around and on top of a smaller, square Moorish tower. It is known as El Cubo, which in this context simply means ``round tower´´.
Granada, Spain, 2015
View to Alhambra
View to Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolas.
La Alcazaba, or ``military fortress´´ is the series of massive towers directly in front of us, the tallest of which is the one with the bell tower, La Torre de la Vela (on the right).
La Torre de la Vela and its sisters, right up to the Palace of Carlos V (here we do not see it) are empty military buildings. The tall slender tower with the single arched window, which stands slightly below the rest of the mass, with its feet plunged more deeply into the vegetation, houses the Puerta de las Armas, the main entrance to the Alhambra until the collapse of the bridge over the river which connected it to the city, after the Christian conquest. The gate itself is hidden from our view on the south side of the tower.
The round tower which stands to the left of the Torre de las Armas is the only part of the fortress which was built by the Christians, around and on top of a smaller, square Moorish tower. It is known as El Cubo, which in this context simply means ``round tower´´.
Granada, Spain, 2015