Alhambra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 25, 2025 10:36 AM
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History
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UWHS
Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzín together form a UNESCO World Heritage Site that preserves elements of the medieval heritage of Granada, Spain. The Alhambra is a fortified palace complex that was begun by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the first Nasrid emir and founder of the Emirate of Granada, in 1238.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/720436836
37.1799550746, -3.58766066498
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Alhambra (AD 1200 - AD 1299) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Generalife (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Albaicín (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Alhambra (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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garden, hortus, architectural complex
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Alhambra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/720436836> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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