Granada
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Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the region of Andalusia, Spain. The beautiful city of Granada is set at the foot of the impressive Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, at an elevation of 738 metres above sea level yet only one hour from the Mediterrean coast, the Costa Tropical. The Alhambra, the famous Moorish citadel and palace, is in Granada. It is one of the most famous items of the Islamic historical legacy that makes Granada a hot spot among cultural and tourist cities in Europe. Granada is also well-known within Spain due to the prestigious University of Granada and, nowadays, vibrant night-life.
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- Give him charity, girl, as there is nothing worse in life than being blind in Granada.
- Francisco Alarcón de Icaza, Venezuelian writter.
- Mark: The poet Francisco Alarcón said this to a girl who did not give a blind beggar a charity and regretted that the blind could not enjoy the beauty of the city of Granada.
- Were we to visit a sole city in Spain, this one should be Granada.
- How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!.
- Ernest Hemingway, American novelist.
- The most beautiful sunset in the world is in Granada.
- Bill Clinton, American ex-president.
- And your worship, where are you bound for? / I am going to Granada, senor, -said the gentleman,- to my own country. / And a goodly country! -said Don Quixote-.
- Don Quixote, universal novel.
- All cities are charming. Granada has its charming and the rest of them all.
- Antonio Machado, Spanish poet.
- Granada is one of the most amazing cities in the world, since besides his rich patrimony, we must add the geographic place in which it is settled.
- Every inquisitive traveller keeps Granada in his heart, without having even visited it.
- Shakespeare, British writter.
- It is (...) a city where the one in love writes better than anywhere the name of his love upon the ground.
- Granada is unprotected from people; since nothing or no one can defend from praisings.
- Federico García Lorca, Spanish writter.
- Granada is like the cristal bride of our dreams, whoever beholds it has the illusion of visiting it again.
- Chateaubriand, French writter.
- We must visit Granada, Prague and Venice before dying.
- The Independent, British newspaper.
- Granada's cathedral is big, but also aggressive. Here God is not in the details but in the ornament. Every square foot to spare is devoted to it. Decoration squirms across the chapels, demonstrating an aliveness to foes of the Christian church.
- Bernard Holland, American journalist.
- (The Alhambra is)so magnificent, so exquisitely executed that even he who contemplates it can scarcely be sure that he is not in a paradise.
- 1497, said by an unknown European ambassor
- An African paradise set under the Sierras like a rose preserved in snow’ is possibly the best description that Granada will ever be awarded.
- Mark Eveleigh, photojournalist.
- Probably (Granada is) the most beautiful and haunting of all Spanish cities.
- Granada itself has one of the world’s most naturally dramatic locations, nestling below the snow-capped mountains soaring majestically to a height of 11,000 feet. It is the perfect setting for a perfect monument – the extraordinary Alhambra Palace. So individual in its setting, so rich in its history and so perfect in its design.
- Seville, Cordoba and Granada have some of the most important monuments anywhere on earth.
- The Guardian, British newspaper.
- Carrera del Darro street: probably, the most beautiful street in the world.
- El Ideal, Spanish newspaper.
- Second position: Alhambra Palace, Generalife Palace and Albayzín neighbourghood.
- National Geographic
- Mark: World ranking about the best preserved World Human Heritage. (1º position: Norwegian fjords)
- Granada, city of enchantment and fantasy.
- Between its stunning history and gorgeous setting, it is not hard to see why Granada is frequently called the Moorish jewel of Spain
- If you are looking for a unique historical legacy, no other city in Europe can boast of the Moorish roots that Granada has.
- Study Abroad, European association of students
- Candidate to be one of the new seven wonders of nature, Sierra Nevada National Park, Granada
- The Beauty is the industry of Granada
- Paolo Marconi, Italian architect.
