Paradores along the Routes of El legado andalusí

Paradores along the Routes of El legado andalusíAs a result of the collaboration agreement signed between the Andalusian Public Foundation El legado andalusíand Paradores de Turismo de España, we offer travel proposals along the Routes of El legado andalusí, with...

Espejo, the sentinel on the hill

Espejo, the sentinel on the hill < MORE ARTICLES Thanks toits status as a border land with the Kingdom of Granada,the town of Espejo, in the province of Córdoba, is one of the most interesting stopovers on the Route of the Caliphate, promoted by the Foundation El...

Saints and romerías in the Maghreb and Andalusia

Saints and romerías in the Maghreb and Andalusia< MORE ARTICLES Neither the soul, nor popular religiosity understand particular religions and borders. They have more to do with the paths that Ortega y Gasset called “Intrahistory” and those of life itself..When I...

Madjrit, al-andalus’ Madrid (Part II)

Madjrit, al-Andalus’ Madrid (Part II)< MORE ARTICLES Madrid once belonged to al-Andalus. Scarcely 150 years after Tarik disembarked on the Iberian Peninsula, Muhammad Ibn Abd-er-Rahman al-Awsat, emir of Córdoba, decided to build a wall around Madjri t . From then...

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Cookies Policy EL LEGADO ANDALUSÍ ANDALUSIAN PUBLIC FOUNDATION complies with the obligations set out in the second paragraph of Article 22 of Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on information society services and electronic commerce (hereinafter, LSSI), in relation to...

Ronda, the city of a hundred views

Ronda, the city of a hundred views< MORE ARTICLES Let’s take a journey toward Takurunna, the Hispano-Muslim city that wavered between the domination of the Marinids from Morocco and the Nasrids from Granada. Now called Ronda, its charms are inscribed along the...

Priego in its labyrinth

Priego in its labyrinth  < MORE ARTICLES Priego de Córdoba counts its history over the course of centuries among Caliphal, Nasrid and Baroque traits, and it still remains there. Gracefully showing its castle to the traveller, its Carnicerías Reales (Royal...

Madjrit, al-andalus’ Madrid (Part I)

Madjrit, al-Andalus’ Madrid (Part I)< MORE ARTICLES Madrid once belonged to al-Andalus. Scarcely 150 years after Tarik disembarked on the Iberian Peninsula, Muhammad Ibn Abd-er-Rahman al-Awsat, emir of Córdoba, decided to build a wall around Madjri t . From then...

Lanjarón: A poet’s dream

Lanjarón: A poet’s dream < MORE ARTICLESThe history of La Alpujarra had already appeared in texts of the classical authors of old. Lanjarón is famous in our days for its medicinal waters, for being the threshold of this Granadan region and the obligatory way for...

Glorious tiles

Glorious tiles  < MORE ARTICLES Appearing in parks, squares, bars and homes, tiles—azulejos-- have for centuries accompanied the decoration in many regions of the Mediterranean. Today, they are as alive as ever; in fact, their designs are new and...

Ziryab, the amazing story of the singer from Baghdad

Ziryab, the amazing story of the singer from Baghdad< MORE ARTICLESThe importance of the figure of Ziryab in the court of the Cordoban Umayyad king Abd-er-Rahman II is credited for the innovations he introduced in the court and Cordoban society in several fields....

The awareness of landscape in al-Andalus

The awareness of landscape in al-Andalus< MORE ARTICLES For the civilization of al-Andalus, landscape constituted the image of a reality in which its values are preserved and granted symbolic dimension.The renowned historian Ibn al-Khatib, stateman, philosopher,...

Patrimonio Mundial Andalucía UNESCO

UNESCO World Heritage on The Routes of El legado andalusíAlong the Routes of El legado andalusí we can admire the following World Heritage Sites, as well as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Sites: Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (Córdoba). Antequera Dolmens Site....

Qusayr ’Amra. The umayyad palace of the desert (Part II)

Qusayr 'Amra. The umayyad palace of the desert (Part II)< More articles     By Antonio Almagro Gorbea   The originality of the architecture of this monument, including its poetic frame of desert solitude, makes it a major milestone in the history of Arab...

Qusayr ’Amra. The umayyad palace of the desert (Part I)

Qusayr 'Amra. The umayyad palace of the desert (Part I)< More articles By Antonio Almagro Gorbea   The originality of the architecture of this monument, including its poetic frame of desert solitude, makes it a major milestone in the history of Arab art....

Orchards of al-Andalus

Orchards of al-Andalus. The development of domestic agriculture< More articles The cultural legacy of al-Andalus is, without doubt, a constant element in the villages, towns and cities included in the Routes of El legado andalusí. In the Route of the Caliphate, in...

Venice, the temptation of the Orient (Part II)

Venice, the temptation of the Orient (Part II) < More articles An eternally luminous showcase where fragility and excess play together with grace, in Venice everything distils artifice. The most magnificent of urban events, as Le Corbusier pointed out, is a city...

Venice, the temptation of the Orient (Part I)

  Venice, the temptation of the Orient (Part I)< More articles An eternally luminous showcase where fragility and excess play together with grace, in Venice everything distils artifice. The most magnificent of urban events, as Le Corbusier pointed out, is a city...

Ifriqiya, a cultural and commercial center in Northern Africa

  Ifriqiya, a cultural and commercial center in Northern Africa< More articles The great strategic importance of the city of Carthage made it an impregnable stronghold for the Arab armies in their attempt to penetrate the North of Africa. Hence, it was...

The silk from Granada El Tiraz

  The silk from Granada  < More articlesThe development of the silk industry in Nasrid Granada represented a significant economic boom, and hence social growth; merchants from different parts of the world came to the city to purchase the precious Granadan...

Sicily

  Sicily’s Mediterranean Heritage < More articlesIn the middle of the Mare Nostrum, where the coastal lands of East and West meet, the island of Sicily represents a sort of omphalós of the ancient world, a point of transit and, at the same time, of belonging.In the...

The Music of Al-Andalus, a Shared Heritage

  The Music of Al-Andalus, a Shared Heritage< More articlesThanks to oral tradition, Arab-Andalusian music has survived through generations until todayUntil the past few decades, the music from Al-Andalus was hardly known to any but specialists, or by curious...

Ibn Firnas, the longing to fly

  Ibn Firnas, the longing to fly   < More articlesThe stories of people who have tried to fly are as old as the world. The best-known account dates back to about 3,400 years, when Icarus died in his attempt. Yet, there were others, among them that of one of...

Mariano Bertuchi and the sister cities, Granada and Tetouan

Mariano Bertuchi and the sister cities, Granada and Tetouan < More articlesThe Granadan artist was 44 years old in 1920, when he moved to Tetouan, together with his wife. This city had a special meaning to the artist, for it was founded by another Granadan,...

I-Heritage

- European Projects - iHERITAGE ProjectProgram ENI CBC Med Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) Implementation period: September 2020 – September 2023​El legado andalusí foundation is partner to iHeritage project...

Travel suggestions

The Routes of El legado andalusí TRAVEL SUGGESTIONSThe Foundation's Department of Cultural Tourism is working on the marketing of the product and brand “The Routes of El legado andalusí”. We are shaping a sustainable, distinguishing and unique cultural tourism...

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Privacy Policy We comply with the provisions of the obligations under the second paragraph of Article 22 of Law 34/2002 of 11 July, of Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (hereinafter, LSSI), in relation to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European...

History of Exhibitions

History of Exhibitions Amazigh Jewellery. Identity of the Berber Peoples. Dezcallar de Mazarredo CollectionFrom June 12, 2024. Headquarters of the El legado andalusí Foundation in the Corral del Carbón, Granada. Jewellery holds deep symbolic significance for the...

The aquatic gardens

  The aquatic gardens< More articles“What a beautiful pool! Its view, its beauty Illuminate the mansions. Its beauty is such that, might it be categorized, must take the first place, and the sea the second. The immense gardens can do without clouds stripping off...

Exhibitions

ExhibitionsSome of the most outstanding activities that the Foundation has conducted in pursuit of the dissemination of culture are thematic exhibitions, both permanent and travelling. At a national and international level, multiple exhibitions have been organized in...

When The Alhambra was in ruins

When The Alhambra was in ruins The process of restoring the monument up to the fire of 1890< MORE ARTICLESThe Alhambra has inspired artists, historians, archaeologists and even visitors whose only purpose has been to enjoy the pleasure of gazing at its palaces or...

MAGAZINE

Magazine Ibn al Shaykh of Malaga dazzled by the Lighthouse of Alexandria PART IThe Lighthouse of Alexandría, the Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World, was widely described by Arab authors. Among them, Ibn al-Shaykh of Malaga produced one of the most accurate...

Contractor’s Profile

Contractor’s ProfileInformación institucional y organizativa Empleo Público Planificación, evaluación y estadística Información económica y presupuestaria Contratos, convenios y subvenciones Inventario de actividades de tratamiento de datos personales Contractor’s...

Corporate Manual

Corporate Manual Corporate image In this section, the logos of the "Andalusian Public Foundation The Andalusian Legacy Own Personified Medium" are published in three variants, color, black negative and white negative. The logos are indivisible and therefore it is not...

Dar al-Horra, the story of a house of noble lineage

Dar al-Horra, the story of a house of noble lineage< More articlesThe property is located in Granada’s historic district of the Albaicín, and it is an exquisite example of the domestic architecture of Al-Andalus dating from the Nasrid period, the last stage of the...