Lecture 3. The Rise of Granada’s Kingdom and its Urban Evolution Until the War. 13th to 15th cc.

This third lecture analyses the development of the Kingdom of Granada after the fall of Seville in 1248, and the evolution of the War of Granada (1482-1491) until the surrender of the Nasrid Capital in 1492. The lec-ture explains the rise of Granada as a center of power and its urban consequences during several dynasties, including the original medina and its expansions between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, and the building of the Alhambra’s alcazar and palaces between the thirteenth and fifteenth. Finally, the lecture addresses the war of Granada and the opposition between two urban spaces of high symbolism: the Alhambra palace city of the Nasrids and the new town of Santa Fe. Santa Fe was founded as main Castilian military encamp-ment and later became place of commemoration of the Christian victory.


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