Between the Alhambra and Timbuktu. Abu Ishaq al-Sahili, Desert Architect and Bridge Between Civilizations   By Youenn Rault Cultural Manager. Maison de France, Granada.< MORE ARTICLESIn the medieval world, when maps still danced on the edge of myth and dunes seemed...

Arab-Norman Palermo, a reflection of al-Andalus   By Ana María Carreño Leyva Fundación El legado andalusí< MORE ARTICLESIslamic culture left a vast legacy spread over different regions in the Mediterranean area, living with the local cultures and giving as a...

Umar ibn Hafsun and Bobastro A character for a historic city     By Virgilio Martínez Enamorado. Professor at the University of MalagaThere are few people in history who have generated such a massive bibliography as Ibn Hafsun from the 19th century, due...

Ibn Arabi of Murcia: al-Shaykh al-Akbar. The Greatest Master     By Ana María Carreño Leyva. El legado andalusí Andalusian Public Foundation“My heart can take every form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, The Kaaba...

A knight without sword. Boabdil’s (three) swords     By César de Requesens MollThe story of the commonly called “King Boabdil’s swords”, is among the many that, after its legendary semblance, conceals the most relevant details of historical events. These are...

Samarkand, in the heart of the Silk Route     By Mohammed el-Razzaz (Camel)Whoever wants to travel to China will have to cross seven seas, each with its own colour, wind, fishes and breeze, each different from the following one.” Kitab al-Buldan (Book of the...

Ibn al Shaykh of Malaga dazzled by the Lighthouse of Alexandria PART II   By María Jesús Viguera Molins. Arabist. Member of the Royal Academy of History. The Lighthouse of Alexandría, the Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World, was widely described by Arab authors....

Ibn al Shaykh of Malaga dazzled by the Lighthouse of Alexandria PART I   By María Jesús Viguera Molins. Arabist. Member of the Royal Academy of History. The Lighthouse of Alexandría, the Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World, was widely described by Arab authors....

Leo Africanus, caravan was his homeland and his life the most unexpected crossing.< MORE ARTICLESBy Ana M. Carreño Leyva.   “Leo Africanus may have been for al-Andalus a kind of a posthumous son. Born at the moment his mother civilization was fading, he...

Presentación de la última novela de Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo 15 de noviembre de 2023 - 19:00 h. Salón de Plenos del Ayuntamiento de Granada AFORO LIMITADO Si desea acudir puede solicitarlo enviando un mail a eventos.legado@juntadeandalucia.es indicando su nombre y...

Al Ghazal, from Byzantium to the Viking country Part II By Jesús Cano. Arabist < MORE ARTICLESBy the mid-9th century travelling across the Mediterranean could be very dangerous, especially for an old man like al-Ghazal, who had earned a position in the Cordoban...

Al Ghazal, from Byzantium to the Viking country Part IBy Jesús Cano. Arabist < MORE ARTICLESBy the mid-9th century travelling across the Mediterranean could be very dangerous, especially for an old man like al-Ghazal, who had earned a position in the Cordoban court...

Ibn Battuta, the traveler of Islam < MORE ARTICLESOur traveller journeyed along North Africa, the Middle East and East and Central Africa. After this first set of journeys, he returned to the holy city of Islam, where he lived for three years, to later depart to...

The mystery of the Moor King’s Water Mine of Ronda < MORE ARTICLESBy Ana M. Carreño Leyva El legado andalusí Andalusian Public Foundation   The defence of Ronda meant, as in every border-city, one of the most important challenges both in times of peace and...

Ali Mandri, from Granada to the White Dove. The emigration of a free man. < MORE ARTICLES By Rodolfo Gil-Grimau Benumeya.   “Tetouan is the city on the edge of the winds, for it sits in a valley where gusts come and go while the sun and the clouds deliver hazy...

The alhóndigas of Granada​  < MORE ARTICLESBy Ana M. Carreño Leyva El legado andalusí Andalusian Public Foundation   All that remains of the intense commercial activity that took place in Granada in Nasrid times is the Yadida alhóndiga. Known as the...

The story of the Arma, the Andalusi diaspora in sub-Saharan Africa   By Fernando Ballano Gonzalo.< MORE ARTICLESBefore the Alpujarras rebellion took place in 1568, which was repressed by German soldiers commanded by Don Juan de Austria − stepbrother of Philip...

Jaén, for whoever looks for it​     By Antonio Zoido< MORE ARTICLESWe are travelling along the Route of the Nasrids. We reach Jaén as December is starting; we were getting there, although it appeared we are not, because while passing by the gorge that...

The discovery of Granada by the French Romantics  < MORE ARTICLESBy Youenn Rault Travelling by the first French to visit Spain was for a military purpose: the Napoleonic Wars. Yet, they found an arsenal of poetic inspiration that was to nurture the spirit of...

Ignacio de las Casas, a morisco wise Jesuit a peacemaker between two worlds PART II < MORE ARTICLESBy César de Requesens Moll.   The upheavals that Granadan society experienced in the 16th century, after the uncanny finding of the so-called Sacromonte Leaden...

Ignacio de las Casas, a morisco wise Jesuit a peacemaker between two worlds PART I< MORE ARTICLESBy César de Requesens Moll.   The upheavals that Granadan society experienced in the 16th century, after the uncanny finding of the so-called Sacromonte Leaden...

Montefrío, the horizon as a limit< MORE ARTICLES“I said: How about Íllora and Montefrío? He answered: A village leant [on the other one] side by side, like colleagues who get on well. It is a source of excellent wheat, and a rich hunting ground. Both villages...

Münzer, a journey through Spain in the sixteenth century PART II< MORE ARTICLESIn the year 1495, just three years after the Catholic Monarchs had conquered Granada, a German traveller, Doctor Hieronymus Münzer visited Granada. He left us an important chronicle...

Münzer, a journey through Spain in the sixteenth century PART I< MORE ARTICLESIn the year 1495, just three years after the Catholic Monarchs had conquered Granada, a German traveller, Doctor Hieronymus Münzer visited Granada. He left us an important chronicle about...

Al-Idrisi and The book of Roger< MORE ARTICLESNorman King Roger II was aware of the many contributions made by Arab in the field of science in al-Andalus, thus he decided to call the famed Andalusí geographer al-Idrisi to the court of Sicily to put him in charge of...