The hidden world beneath the ancient Alhambra fortress - BBC REEL

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  • The ancient fortress of the Alhambra has a fascinating history, passing from Moorish sultans to Catholic kings. Today it is one of Spain's most visited tourist attractions and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    However, very few know of the secret world of the Alhambra that lies unseen below the surface - a hidden network of tunnels and dungeons, off limits to tourists, that are still being uncovered and understood by archaeologists today.
    Video by Izabela Cardoso and Fernando Teixeira
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 818

  • @saidtheactress
    @saidtheactress 3 роки тому +268

    The Alhambra is easily one of the most beautiful places ever created by human hands.

    • @meryem9277
      @meryem9277 3 роки тому +14

      Visit Morocco for similar places

    • @samnatt248
      @samnatt248 3 роки тому +7

      @@meryem9277 in the levant as well

    • @gymrat5014
      @gymrat5014 3 роки тому +19

      @@samnatt248 the levant has a completely different style.
      It does not ressemble the Maghrebi style
      It's a nice mixture of byzantine and persian architecture tho

    • @samnatt248
      @samnatt248 3 роки тому +15

      @@gymrat5014 look at the Dome of the Rock, or Damascene Arabesque. The Arabs of the Levant are great architects, look at Madain Saleh and Petra. The first Arab settlers in Spain came from Palestine, Jordan and Syria. The Palestinians for instance were settled in Sidonia and Zaragoza. The first governor of Zaragoza was Lakmide Palestinian himself, Ayub Al Lakhmy. Calatayud, a town in Spain, was named after him.

    • @gymrat5014
      @gymrat5014 3 роки тому +9

      @@samnatt248 I did not say it's not beautiful. I said it's not the same style at all. The Arab style in Andalusia is madinat al zahra while Granada and the Alhambra palace is a moorish architecture specific to Andalusia and the Western Maghreb(Western Algeria and Morocco)
      There's no plaster work zelij or Ceder work in Islamic buildings of the Levant which is the case in Sevilla Granada Fez Marrakech and Tlemcen.
      So saying it's Arab style while it was invented after the Andalusians and Berbers kicked the Arabs out after the berber revolt and the fall of the ummayade dynasty is ungenuine and borderline cultural appropriation

  • @ezzaddinyahya1827
    @ezzaddinyahya1827 9 місяців тому +22

    I am from Yemen. My tribe migrated to Spain during this period and still have their fortress under their name until now. I am proud of my ancestors. Incredible to see this

    • @Iliyaskhan-jz9cs
      @Iliyaskhan-jz9cs 2 місяці тому +2

      Really like I want to know how still you have fortress and How you feel as being tribal from undulus , haspania . Brother I'm from India and I'm muslim I read a book about fall of granada and it makes me cry and I still finding someone which one's tribes came from granada

    • @azooz4533
      @azooz4533 2 місяці тому

      Don't lie, Yemeni. You have not gone anywhere. You are still living in a stone age. Those who went there from Mecca and Hijaz, the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen, are not even Arabs

    • @Vllili
      @Vllili Місяць тому +2

      بني نصر من المدينه اتوقع

  • @enezold5594
    @enezold5594 3 роки тому +84

    As someone from Granada its cool to see my humble, small and homey province be so recognized internationally. Come to granada photos dont do justice to its beauty

    • @jakobbgh6310
      @jakobbgh6310 2 роки тому +1

      You are absolutely right. We only been in Granada three times. That is way too little

    • @jabohonu
      @jabohonu 2 роки тому +2

      It's a shame how some people from you city can be racists...

    • @enezold5594
      @enezold5594 2 роки тому +16

      @@jabohonu bruh racist are eveywhere, and granada is very multicultural, i just know its less racist than average. Sorry about your experience tho

  • @liambriggs5567
    @liambriggs5567 3 роки тому +186

    Honestly, one of the most incredibly awe inspiring place on earth. Granada is just as fittingly mesmerising.

    • @rohanbrady1528
      @rohanbrady1528 2 роки тому

      I guess Im randomly asking but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an instagram account?
      I somehow forgot the password. I would appreciate any help you can give me

    • @bowenrylan5873
      @bowenrylan5873 2 роки тому

      @Rohan Brady Instablaster :)

  • @janswimwild
    @janswimwild 3 роки тому +206

    My favourite palace/monument ever! It is even better in person, totally magical.

    • @offplanet740
      @offplanet740 3 роки тому +13

      Pictures, description, and videos don’t do it justice- it’s extraordinarily awe-inspiring in person.

    • @asparadog
      @asparadog 3 роки тому

      Have you been to the palace in Ronda?

    • @janswimwild
      @janswimwild 3 роки тому

      @@asparadog not yet, it’s on my must visit list.

    • @GhGh-sj4wb
      @GhGh-sj4wb 2 роки тому +2

      Granada is the last Muslim-ruled kingdom in Iberia

    • @lailaabir8698
      @lailaabir8698 Рік тому

      It's the moroccan architecture

  • @Omer1996E.C
    @Omer1996E.C 3 роки тому +108

    Seville, cordoba, Zaragoza, toledo, Gibraltar, Valencia and most notably, Granada as the jewels of the islamic Andalusian civilization
    And special thanks to those who saved it.

    • @PraiseworthyNobleman
      @PraiseworthyNobleman 3 роки тому +18

      That cities is exist before Islam Arab came to Iberia. Just saying.

    • @Omer1996E.C
      @Omer1996E.C 3 роки тому +4

      @@PraiseworthyNobleman yep, and were jewels for the civilization

    • @TheIraqiforce
      @TheIraqiforce 3 роки тому +24

      @@PraiseworthyNobleman cities existed before Romans and visgoths came, what’s your point?

    • @PraiseworthyNobleman
      @PraiseworthyNobleman 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheIraqiforce just saying

    • @MariaPerez-qx1lp
      @MariaPerez-qx1lp 3 роки тому +6

      @@izxov Alright don’t get too cocky about islam this is Not a religious debate. Respect everyone else! Unfortunately all comes to an end right. The islamic Alhambra was conquered by the Catholic Monarchs.

  • @panagiotakonstantopoulou962
    @panagiotakonstantopoulou962 2 роки тому +19

    Visited this ancient monument during one hot, dry summer afternoon. Simply breathtaking! However, the walk down to the centre at dusk was even more impressive; words are not enough to convey the beauty of this place.

  • @zooalkj
    @zooalkj 10 місяців тому +16

    One of the most wonderful Islamic places to visit in Andalusia in addition to the mosque of cordoba ❤

  • @williamdrijver4141
    @williamdrijver4141 2 роки тому +18

    Original video about the Alhambra, rare to see the underground world. The scenic views of the Sierra Nevada mountains really enhances everything, very impressive!

  • @angelovisico9410
    @angelovisico9410 3 роки тому +61

    Not me watching this after watching the Korean drama memories of the alhambra 😂

    • @xXZiiLERXx
      @xXZiiLERXx 3 роки тому

      Haha yes! It was good. I liked it.

    • @ieroine
      @ieroine 3 роки тому

      lmao I thought everyone knew there were tunnels because in the drama Hyunbin went down there 😂

    • @angelovisico9410
      @angelovisico9410 3 роки тому

      @@ieroine LMAO

    • @MUSLIM.BOSS69
      @MUSLIM.BOSS69 Місяць тому

      was made by muslim destroyed by catholic

  • @jjk4891
    @jjk4891 4 роки тому +92

    One of my favorite architectural wonders in the world. It was magical when I visited Alhambra a few years ago :) Would love to learn more about this place before another visit!

    • @nurcoskun8882
      @nurcoskun8882 2 роки тому +7

      You should understand the islam before the discover alhamra

    • @lailaabir8698
      @lailaabir8698 Рік тому +2

      It's the moroccan architecture

    • @calmerthanyou6180
      @calmerthanyou6180 Рік тому

      Read "Tales of the Alhambra" by Washington Irving

    • @neynmarrrrr
      @neynmarrrrr 11 місяців тому +1

      @@lailaabir8698 its Andalusian architecture

    • @MUSLIM.BOSS69
      @MUSLIM.BOSS69 Місяць тому

      was made by muslim destroyed by catholic

  • @OceanSwimmer
    @OceanSwimmer 4 роки тому +108

    I would like to see a feature length film about the Alhambra, it's history, and the plan of the entire structure revealed.
    Since many areas are off limits, many could 'visit' by viewing a comprehensive film series.

    • @mahadibrahim8836
      @mahadibrahim8836 3 роки тому +3

      Agreed would really love to see one I'm really fascinated about the life in andalucia

    • @ignacioheredia9599
      @ignacioheredia9599 3 роки тому +6

      ua-cam.com/video/NkvuRGgKVPk/v-deo.html

    • @arrienl6372
      @arrienl6372 3 роки тому

      @@ignacioheredia9599 thank you :).

    • @ignacioheredia9599
      @ignacioheredia9599 3 роки тому

      @@arrienl6372 it's a pleasure. I have the book guide at detail. ¡What a Stunning walk with this book that open to your eyes this plaster book on the Alhambra halls and walls!

    • @marilynbouziane5530
      @marilynbouziane5530 3 роки тому

      Exactly my thoughts.

  • @alwssofy7748
    @alwssofy7748 3 роки тому +158

    in arabic called alhamra it means the red one . الحمراء 🚩

    • @helliswar
      @helliswar 3 роки тому +4

      In my ass spain wasn't ruled by arabs

    • @alwssofy7748
      @alwssofy7748 3 роки тому +37

      @@helliswar oh ok .read about the Umayyad state. And not only Spain, but France as well. that family come from macca in arabia

    • @alwssofy7748
      @alwssofy7748 3 роки тому

      @@izxov read ☝️

    • @helliswar
      @helliswar 3 роки тому

      @@alwssofy7748 facebook.com/100582508316692/posts/249599936748281/

    • @moataz989
      @moataz989 3 роки тому +23

      @@helliswar do you even know what moor means? Guess what. It was not what the 'moors' called themselves, but what the European Christians did (who fought them). You should stop forming your identity based on what Europeans tell you, for starters. Plus your statement show arrogance coupled with ignorance.

  • @TheThirdEYE07
    @TheThirdEYE07 4 роки тому +34

    I would like to thanks BBC REEL
    For bringing such a wonderful documentary. This type of documentary help us to enhance our ancient knowledge.....
    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @margaretgill4330
    @margaretgill4330 3 роки тому +19

    I've been 4 times..as I lived in Malaga 16 years. Fantastic views..

    • @charlesbourque6542
      @charlesbourque6542 3 роки тому +3

      Hi Margaret, a Canadian here who lived in Fuengirola from 1977 to 86, I loved taking visitors up Grenada, the Alhambra I believe the most impressive examples of Islamic architecture in Europe. The majestic manner in which it sits on that hill seems to magically transport you back to medieval times.

    • @margaretgill4330
      @margaretgill4330 3 роки тому +1

      @@charlesbourque6542 hi..Charles I totally agree. Very impressive. Xx

  • @h.i3677
    @h.i3677 2 роки тому +5

    I read a 16th century novel a few years ago and search for these undergrounds but never find them now finally it comes in my recommendation. Thanks and love from Pakistan ❣️

  • @skarbuskreska
    @skarbuskreska 2 роки тому +6

    Glad I was able to see it, one of the most beautiful places I have visited. Especially loved the gardens.

  • @noorannisafalachulfirdausi5808
    @noorannisafalachulfirdausi5808 4 роки тому +69

    I knew this place after watching a Korean drama called Memories of Alhambra. They even shot some scene in that prison

    • @IKENAK
      @IKENAK 4 місяці тому

      The ending to that show was bad.

    • @MUSLIM.BOSS69
      @MUSLIM.BOSS69 Місяць тому

      was made by muslim destroyed by catholic

  • @maritzadillingham4008
    @maritzadillingham4008 3 роки тому +30

    I would love to see this in person!

    • @tomstory5542
      @tomstory5542 3 роки тому +5

      It is a beautiful place and so are the gardens surrounding the Albumbra.

    • @JaneDoe-ci3gj
      @JaneDoe-ci3gj 3 роки тому +3

      Me too, some day!

    • @funkstarification
      @funkstarification 2 роки тому

      Iv been. Def worth a visit.

  • @mugifandy3907
    @mugifandy3907 3 роки тому +47

    Once upon a time, this area has a great light when entire european hasn't.

    • @alpinstar459
      @alpinstar459 3 роки тому +5

      When London was small Village. -Lawrence of Arabia

    • @dajjal239
      @dajjal239 3 роки тому +14

      The time when muslims rule the spain..

    • @robespierre466
      @robespierre466 2 роки тому +9

      @@dajjal239 And Portugal

    • @miguelcoelho3877
      @miguelcoelho3877 2 роки тому +1

      @@robespierre466 Portugal was never ruled by Muslims! Portugal emerged as a Christian kingdom in the mid-1100s, out of a county created in 868 on Christian lands, the County of Portucale. By the end of the XII century, most of the lands that were to become part of that recently-founded kingdom had been liberated from the Moors, with the exception of the Algarve, which was finally freed of the Moors in 1239!
      Get your facts right!!

    • @theentertainmentnation4694
      @theentertainmentnation4694 2 роки тому +1

      @@dajjal239 Spain did not exist when the moors invaded.

  • @josesousa2688
    @josesousa2688 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you very much from Portugal !

  • @lovepeace4065
    @lovepeace4065 3 роки тому +5

    Definitely on my travel list 🙏beautiful and outstanding architecture for sure.

  • @anaisabelmunozcarbajo6724
    @anaisabelmunozcarbajo6724 3 роки тому +27

    Desde Madrid os digo q el sueño d mi vida desde q visité la Alhambra es irme a vivir a Granada, al Albaicín, para poder ver todos los días q me queden d vida la construcción más perfecta y bella del mundo. Estoy enamorada de la Alhambra, todo sobre ella me interesa.

    • @brambakker1939
      @brambakker1939 3 роки тому +1

      English??

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому +4

      @@brambakker1939 she loves the Alhambra. She lives in Madrid and her dream is to move there so that she can see the Alhambra every day

    • @brambakker1939
      @brambakker1939 3 роки тому +1

      @@LindaC616 thanks!!!🙂🙂

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому

      @@brambakker1939 yw!

    • @MariaPerez-qx1lp
      @MariaPerez-qx1lp 3 роки тому +4

      Lindo serie regresar al pasado verdad y ver como era la gente antes y después de la conquista por los Reyes Catolicos. Un cambio brutal. Pero la esencia del palacio es el mismo, me encantaria conocerle despues de ver la serie ‘Isabel’ me envolvi tanto en la historia que me enamoro todos esos castillos antiguos 😀 vestidos y mas...

  • @elitedavidhorne8494
    @elitedavidhorne8494 3 роки тому +11

    Went there when I was 8 on a day trip when I was on a package holiday. It took a lot to keep an eight year old version of me interested.
    Amazing place and I want to visit again.

  • @tattianasalles3019
    @tattianasalles3019 2 роки тому +12

    Those arabs really knew how to build. The Alhambra Palace is almost a dream! A dream in 1001 nights.

    • @perik7124
      @perik7124 2 роки тому

      Possibly was an Iberian muslim architect and not ethically Arab. By that time, most of the Andalucian population had converted to Islam. Muhammad ibn Nasr, the ruler who had the Alhambra built had red hair and was known for this.

    • @supremercommonder
      @supremercommonder 2 роки тому +4

      @@perik7124 but alot of it was inspired by the bangdad style

    • @NubiansNapata
      @NubiansNapata Рік тому +7

      @@perik7124 whatever brings u comfort 😂

    • @samnatt9812
      @samnatt9812 11 місяців тому +1

      @@perik7124Spain never saw such Architecture before Arabs arrived, not even after they left. It is unlikely the Architects were spanish

    • @marwansoliman5157
      @marwansoliman5157 11 місяців тому

      ​@@perik7124his family came from an Arab tribe 😊

  • @veyselturan577
    @veyselturan577 3 роки тому +307

    Another magnificemt example of Islamic architecture 👍

    • @aexeastudio7426
      @aexeastudio7426 3 роки тому +12

      what is Islamic architecture? how architecture can have a religion?

    • @koshie7879
      @koshie7879 3 роки тому +43

      @@aexeastudio7426 it’s a type of architecture that was developed in Islamic Middle East and was very associated with Islam that most of mosques and palaces were constructed with what they call Islamic architecture 🕌☪️

    • @aexeastudio7426
      @aexeastudio7426 3 роки тому +12

      @@koshie7879 that type of Architecture was developed in Persia, not in the middle east, Arab Muslim used to make building in simple cubical shape before they took over Persia and adopted its architecture

    • @koshie7879
      @koshie7879 3 роки тому +14

      @@aexeastudio7426 i agree with you but we can’t ignore the fact that they changed a bit of the Persian architecture and aded to it some Arabic and Turkish kind of design

    • @HalalHistory
      @HalalHistory 3 роки тому +4

      @@koshie7879 yes it was kind of like a mix

  • @SpudEater
    @SpudEater 3 роки тому +27

    Really hoping I get to travel more and will be able to see all of these beautiful sites.

    • @mariosanders4515
      @mariosanders4515 3 роки тому

      Honestly, the Korean dramas just keep getting better and better.

  • @russellsharpley7926
    @russellsharpley7926 3 роки тому +5

    Wonderful place ... when our lockdown ends I will definitely re-visit.

  • @Vera511
    @Vera511 4 роки тому +3

    Bravo!!!! Fascinante!!

  • @almudallalrana
    @almudallalrana 2 роки тому +4

    ماشاءالله. ابداع في العمارة ... عندما كان العرب والمسلمين اسياد العالم. اللهم اعد الاسلام والعرب والمسلمين امجادهم.

    • @GeppettoVonWalid
      @GeppettoVonWalid 2 роки тому +1

      The fact that you expect God to return your glory to you is exactly why you will never get it back.
      Work hard instead of wishing.

    • @almudallalrana
      @almudallalrana 2 роки тому

      @@GeppettoVonWalid hhhh me I can't do nothing in a Men's world. A brutal word they created. Men are obligated not women. Use brain

    • @almudallalrana
      @almudallalrana 2 роки тому

      @@GeppettoVonWalid beside what can a simple woman like me do. Think before your act. Don't act your smart

    • @dreem3681
      @dreem3681 2 роки тому

      ليس العرب الذين بنوه بل المور الامازيغ وقالها بنفسه

    • @khaled2004
      @khaled2004 Рік тому +1

      @@dreem3681 لم أرى إلا أبيات الشعر العربي فقط على جدران الحمراء
      لماذا لم تكن هناك كتابات للبربر

  • @paklifeineurope
    @paklifeineurope 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite place to visit

  • @shadowjack8
    @shadowjack8 3 роки тому +34

    The Alhambra by Washington Irving is a great read to get a feel for the place. He had the freedom to wander its hall for many months and published the book in 1832. It's very readable, and is full of the myths and legends that the Alhambra is immersed in.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому

      Yes! I have an old edition that contains photos

    • @shadowjack8
      @shadowjack8 3 роки тому +1

      @@LindaC616 Mine has black and white illustrations from a later German reprinting.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому

      @@shadowjack8 also cool. Are they very detailed? (I'm thinking of the room they showed with the text on the walls) And are they limited to the building, or did they use human figures?

    • @shadowjack8
      @shadowjack8 3 роки тому +1

      @@LindaC616 It has been a while since I got to the end of a book and wanted more. If you can, find a copy with illustrations, especially if they are older engravings.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому

      @@shadowjack8 I'll check for that, thanks for the recommendation!

  • @lucianaoliveira9441
    @lucianaoliveira9441 2 роки тому +2

    A magical place!! I loved it!

  • @0HARE
    @0HARE Рік тому

    Wow, what a beautiful, fascinating place!
    I read about it many years ago, and have wanted to see it in person ever since.

  • @bauman7962
    @bauman7962 4 роки тому +4

    Fascinating

  • @1fredricka
    @1fredricka 3 роки тому +11

    amazing!! The architecture is unbelievable!

    • @lailaabir8698
      @lailaabir8698 Рік тому +3

      It's the moroccan architecture

    • @usc326
      @usc326 Рік тому +2

      @@lailaabir8698 لا ليست مغربية الاندلس لم تكن تحت حكم المغاربة بل كانت تحت حكم العرب الامويين امتداد لدولتهم الاموية 🇸🇦من الحجاز

    • @AliAbrahem
      @AliAbrahem Рік тому

      @@lailaabir8698 The complex was begun in 1238 by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the first Nasrid emir and founder of the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state of Al-Andalus. The Nasrids are Arabs from the hijaz.

    • @AliAbrahem
      @AliAbrahem Рік тому

      @@lailaabir8698 The complex was begun in 1238 by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the first Nasrid emir and founder of the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state of Al-Andalus. The Nasrids are Arabs from the hijaz.

    • @samnatt9812
      @samnatt9812 11 місяців тому

      @@usc326 دولة بني امية كانت في الشام و ليس الحجاز

  • @robinhood6399
    @robinhood6399 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you.

  • @ameeeeeeela
    @ameeeeeeela 3 роки тому +9

    I miss Granada...

  • @MPM6785ChitChat
    @MPM6785ChitChat Рік тому +1

    There's a hotel or Pension in the grounds.
    Also, it's lovely to see late in the eve when it's all lit up
    Granada was 1 of my favourite cities in Spain - especially during festival times.

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 2 роки тому +2

    I've been There!
    It was 1982 and I saw Sir David Attenborough filming Life On Earth in the Generalife Gardens.

  • @jyxyz201
    @jyxyz201 2 роки тому +1

    I suddenly remember Memories of the Alhambra :D it a very good k-drama

  • @Crystal_Luna404
    @Crystal_Luna404 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow this is Amazing Alhambra is a Beautiful place And I feel like it's mysterious so cool

  • @thecocktailian2091
    @thecocktailian2091 3 місяці тому

    On my bucket list. Hope to get to it before the end of the decade.

  • @miralabbes5048
    @miralabbes5048 7 місяців тому +2

    It is ruly amazing architectur

  • @Historiaymas.
    @Historiaymas. 7 місяців тому +2

    Magical Alhambra of Granada😀

  • @JaneDoe-ci3gj
    @JaneDoe-ci3gj 3 роки тому +4

    Really interesting! Great video!👍
    p.s you don't have to have background music all the time. It's just in the way!
    I wish to go and see the Alhambra some day!

  • @springdayisnottoday371
    @springdayisnottoday371 3 роки тому +1

    Damn, it looks so beautiful and magical in the video. What more in person??

  • @ronnyshaji2700
    @ronnyshaji2700 3 роки тому +9

    Beautiful architecture....

    • @lailaabir8698
      @lailaabir8698 Рік тому +1

      It's the moroccan architecture

    • @AliAbrahem
      @AliAbrahem Рік тому +1

      @@lailaabir8698 The complex was begun in 1238 by Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar, the first Nasrid emir and founder of the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state of Al-Andalus. The Nasrids are Arabs from the hijaz.

    • @aghilassizm
      @aghilassizm 10 місяців тому

      ​@@AliAbrahemNasrids are zenetes from Morocco, they even sent a letter to the marinid king of Morocco back then stating they are willing to return to the land of their ancestors.

    • @ANTIHYTLERS
      @ANTIHYTLERS 8 місяців тому

      @@lailaabir8698 It is the granadian architecture, Granade was an independent kingdom, not part of morocco.

    • @ANTIHYTLERS
      @ANTIHYTLERS 8 місяців тому

      @@aghilassizm Granade kingdom was an independent kingdom populated by hispanian converted to islam and governed by nasrid, a dynasty with arab origin [they descended of Al Azd tribe]

  • @saadaleem7260
    @saadaleem7260 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for helping with homework.

  • @OGGOAT23
    @OGGOAT23 14 днів тому

    Just was in Granada. Omg. The views...

  • @darkestbeforedawn8130
    @darkestbeforedawn8130 3 роки тому +7

    These are gentle and respectful visitors. 2 million people walking on, touching, bumping, brushing up against, sitting on, leaning against and simple transference is murder on a structure.

    • @margaretgill4330
      @margaretgill4330 3 роки тому +5

      Don't worry it's been there for a few hundred years....

    • @EfeFlet
      @EfeFlet 2 роки тому +1

      There is a lot of security, even police inside. There are some bad tourists but La Alhambra is very well taken care of :)

  • @shabaz1187
    @shabaz1187 Рік тому

    Beautiful

  • @ghazankhan4764
    @ghazankhan4764 3 роки тому +1

    Extreme....giant....architecture

  • @WanderingTogether
    @WanderingTogether Рік тому

    Very interesting videos

  • @cahayakemilau4892
    @cahayakemilau4892 3 роки тому +21

    one of masterpieces of human beings creation I think....Txs

    • @popefrancis8153
      @popefrancis8153 3 роки тому +1

      Yes along with the Sistine chapel

    • @cahayakemilau4892
      @cahayakemilau4892 3 роки тому

      @@popefrancis8153 excuse me....is this your majesty real Pope Francis ? Txs.....

  • @luxuryviplifestyle9494
    @luxuryviplifestyle9494 3 роки тому

    Trillions like and best comment for you because you are best on Earth and follower respect you,we need videos in Real 120fps or 240fps 4K,8K and Sound in FullHD Surrounded

  • @angshujyoti224
    @angshujyoti224 3 роки тому +3

    If I'm not wrong, is it that magnificent area where most of the scenes from the movie , "1492: Conquest of Paradise" have been taken??

  • @asunset5940
    @asunset5940 3 роки тому +128

    Undoubtedly, the most beautiful structure in Europe. It is no coincidence that the most beautiful and iconic buildings in the world were built by muslims. The sheer beauty of these structures being physical expressions of the beauty and inspiration within. Incredible.

    • @litamtondy
      @litamtondy 3 роки тому +5

      You know that Versailles is in Europe, don't you?

    • @tejasmisra9115
      @tejasmisra9115 3 роки тому +15

      There are many iconic monuments built by all cultures

    • @danielandres1579
      @danielandres1579 3 роки тому +1

      The most beautiful buildings were built by the Church. St. Peters, Notre Dame, Versailles etc

    • @litamtondy
      @litamtondy 3 роки тому +4

      @@danielandres1579 Wrong, Versailles is a palace, it was built by the monarchy.

    • @asunset5940
      @asunset5940 3 роки тому +28

      @@danielandres1579 Nope. If you were to ask anyone what is the most beautiful man-made structure in the world, the overwhelming universal answer would be the Taj Mahal. Once again, built by muslims with the most exquisite intricate designs, inspired by their faith. Al Hambra in Spain. Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. These places are the most visited tourist places in these countries as people from all over the world marvel at the muslim-inspired constructions all of which have an undeniable link to the muslim faith. The internal inspiring the external.

  • @islandgal2583
    @islandgal2583 3 місяці тому

    It’s 2024 and in the world of technology and tv I’m now learning of such a place 😳🤨
    Extremely beautiful and awesome architecture 🙌🏾

  • @cheriamanja6214
    @cheriamanja6214 3 роки тому +8

    Been there done that in the yr 2002.
    Mesmerising. The most beautiful human creation on earth.
    Historical & nostalgic Alhambra is a must visit for all avid travellers.

  • @this_is_future
    @this_is_future 2 роки тому

    *MEMORIES OF THE ALHAMBRA*

  • @adelina2000ac
    @adelina2000ac 3 роки тому +12

    Here after Memories of the Alhambra 😂✌️

    • @Alexthelion93
      @Alexthelion93 3 роки тому +1

      Ma bucur sa vad ca mai sunt și alți români ce au văzut serialul. Foarte tare!

  • @javiercano8996
    @javiercano8996 10 місяців тому +1

    Granada la ciudad más hermosa

  • @carlosa9298
    @carlosa9298 3 роки тому +38

    Aisha bint Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar or Aixa al-Hurra (the honoured) was the feisty, determined mother of Boabdil, the last Emir of Granada. She earned her place in history for having rebuked her son for the loss of Granada in 1492, famously quoting;
    “Do not cry as a woman for what you could not defend as a man”

    • @westwild75
      @westwild75 3 роки тому +4

      You ARE WRONG My friend
      She NEVER said that quote...
      .....

    • @spymasterk4873
      @spymasterk4873 3 роки тому +6

      @@westwild75 what your prove?

    • @westwild75
      @westwild75 3 роки тому

      @@spymasterk4873 ask charLe....

    • @koshie7879
      @koshie7879 3 роки тому +5

      @@westwild75 who the hell is charLe

    • @westwild75
      @westwild75 3 роки тому

      @@koshie7879 none of ur business....

  • @smileysmilefan7879
    @smileysmilefan7879 3 роки тому

    Finally someone looks under that castle

  • @litamtondy
    @litamtondy 3 роки тому +34

    "The visitors have no idea about the world beneath."
    "The underground structures are off-limit for the visitors."
    I see a connection there. 😂

    • @kc3718
      @kc3718 3 роки тому

      the guides point them out and tell you all about them whilst you are there.

  • @omgfish8146
    @omgfish8146 3 роки тому +1

    0:27 i think that corridor was in a scene in the spanish princess during a flashback when queen isabella was torturing joanna and telling catalina that she should turn away from her sister until she turns away from evil or something

    • @stiannobelisto573
      @stiannobelisto573 3 роки тому +1

      I hope you understand that's all fiction

    • @omgfish8146
      @omgfish8146 3 роки тому

      @@stiannobelisto573 i was thinking maybe it was filmed there

    • @ferdinand6187
      @ferdinand6187 3 роки тому

      @@stiannobelisto573 It is a fact that Joanna was suspended by a rope and weights were attached to her feet, I be-live the method was called “La Cuerda”

    • @perik7124
      @perik7124 2 роки тому

      @@ferdinand6187 Can you provide sources? Because I've heard it was a myth and I've never read something like that until that tv show.

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus 2 роки тому

    dude, this is cool

  • @mosjabr
    @mosjabr 4 роки тому +2

    Please use narration instead of text

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile 3 роки тому +2

    When I saw the sign for Generalife I thought it was in English lol. Absolutely loved that place. 100% will go back again.

  • @Northerners1989
    @Northerners1989 5 місяців тому

    you can see the difference in the architecture it feels like Spain somewhere else not in Europe because I've never seen a building like this so I can't describe it

  • @isaiasramosgarcia9771
    @isaiasramosgarcia9771 2 роки тому +1

    palacio k podian repintar y reamueblar, luciria 100 veces + lindo

  • @elbazmohamedlimam8341
    @elbazmohamedlimam8341 2 роки тому +3

    I m proudly moorish from Morocco 🇲🇦, amazigh

    • @likkz1326
      @likkz1326 2 роки тому +2

      It has nothing to do with Morocco

    • @MrZorro944
      @MrZorro944 2 роки тому +3

      @@likkz1326 The invasion was launched from Morocco by a mostly Berber army and a Berber leader from the Maghreb (Tariq ibn ziyad) Indeed it has nothing to do with Morocco

    • @-Blast
      @-Blast 2 роки тому +2

      @@MrZorro944 No it has nothing to do with Morocco because it didn’t exist back then. It was the Umayyad who conquered Al-Andalus with an Arab Berber army. Stop appropriating other countries’s history.

    • @samnatt9812
      @samnatt9812 11 місяців тому

      @@MrZorro944not true. Omayads were not stupid to allow new converts with questionable loyalty to be in their armies. That is fatal

    • @ANTIHYTLERS
      @ANTIHYTLERS 8 місяців тому

      @@MrZorro944 Morocco in 711 it was not a country but a provnce of arab empire. Tarik was an arab

  • @bullterror5
    @bullterror5 2 роки тому +4

    The blended cultural architecture reminds me of Lebanon, I love it

  • @AnyoneCanSee
    @AnyoneCanSee 3 роки тому +8

    I've visited many of the most famous sites in the world and The Alhambra is one that went far beyond expectations. It's stunningly beautiful, awe-inspiring and magical. You really start to see the influence of Islamic culture upon Spanish culture after visiting the Islamic sites. You can visit very cheaply from the UK and I stayed in a Medieval Airbnb below the palace that was very cheap.
    I flew to Malaga and visited their Islamic and other sites, staying away from the British tourists who stay by the beaches mainly. I then got a train to Granada and visited the Alhambra, then a bus to Cordoba to see the red mosque and it's a beautiful place to walk around. I then headed to Seville which is also incredible with amazing sites to see and I flew back to the UK from Seville.
    Ryanair flies very cheaply to Malaga and returns from Seville.
    It's one of the best trips I've ever taken and if you love history and culture you'd love it.

  • @tiffanybennito1907
    @tiffanybennito1907 11 місяців тому

    It was the Algerians who built it, this architecture is called Dziri , pure Algérian architect, the spanish themselves did a documentary stating it so did Andalusia, it was tarik Ibn ziad who conquered it, he was an Algerian amazigh from the Aouras mountains in Algeria

  • @adamfresstyle
    @adamfresstyle 3 роки тому +28

    Arabs left a real treasure in Andalucia... glad they see the bright side of it despite historical disagreements

    • @ruthl.8069
      @ruthl.8069 3 роки тому +24

      Please don't confuse Arabs with Muslims, most of that ancient culture was made by local Iberians converted to Islam, not people from Arabia.
      The Arabs and North Africans were a ruling minority. The vast majority of the population were Iberian Muslims.
      I hope this clarifies a little bit more. Greetings.

    • @BeautifuloONightmare
      @BeautifuloONightmare 3 роки тому +11

      Arabs didn't leave ANYTHING in Andalucia, it's the MOORS = NORTH AFRICAN = AMAZIGHS North Africa and Iberia are neighbours and they are even blood relative since the beginning of history way before Islam what does Arabia have to do with anything? Arabs are Asians.

    • @ruthl.8069
      @ruthl.8069 3 роки тому +7

      @Fady Al qaisy Arabs were not a majority, just the ruling elite, that's why the language spoken was Arabic. For example, if you go to Jamaica today you will hear English spoken... But Jamaicans are not English. The language doesn't make the people.
      And the Islamic architecture in Iberia is very peculiar, it has differences with other Islamic styles around the world. This is because it was blending the new Muslim art with old Iberian traditions like Roman or Visigothic architecture.
      That also happens in many countries, people tend to mix the new fashions with the old traditions. For example, look at Turkey or Albania or Malaysia, they all are Muslims but they all are different, and If you look at their buildings and arts you will see differences in style.

    • @ruthl.8069
      @ruthl.8069 3 роки тому +8

      @Fady Al qaisy also, we know that Arabs and North Africans were a minority because we can see it in the historical archives. There were census (for tax etc) and we know that the local population in Iberia was around 7 million inhabitants by the end of the Visigothic period. The Muslim troops were initially around 20.000 (approx). Not enough to invade. If Islam spread so fast it was because of war alliances and mass conversions (when one lord converted to Islam all his subjects and peasants had to convert to Islam too).
      But the Arabs and North Africans were very influential in the culture, that is for sure. They were people from all over the Caliphate travelling to Iberia, but they were still a minority. A minority can influence the majority, of course, but the local population doesn't just dissapear, they are still there building things and doing art. That's why we can say that the Alhambra is not Arab, it wasn't built by the Arabs.

    • @Mukkki
      @Mukkki 3 роки тому +3

      You can read it everywhere that the northafricans were the very minority. you can "see" it also by dna tests, that there were barely any mixtures between the two populations

  • @fernwehtwl
    @fernwehtwl 2 роки тому +1

    this used to be free every Sundays (20+ years ago) until it became so popular that now they took away the free admissions

  • @63bplumb
    @63bplumb 3 роки тому

    This and the Ponte Vecchio!

  • @h3w45
    @h3w45 Рік тому +1

    MashaAllah

  • @jorgeneves1334
    @jorgeneves1334 2 роки тому

    The Alhambra is beautiful. Too bad the Generalife, which is next door, wasn't mentioned

  • @maxbrazil3712
    @maxbrazil3712 3 роки тому +5

    The palace in Seville is equally spectacular.

  • @brawurst_not_sausages
    @brawurst_not_sausages 2 роки тому +2

    Golden ages for them but dark ages for the rest of europe back then

  • @south_cruiser
    @south_cruiser 3 роки тому +6

    interesting to know. So it seems that Assassin´s creed is real, many ancient buildings indeed have some hidden secret spaces which we never know.

    • @ancientragerv2561
      @ancientragerv2561 3 роки тому

      Just imagine... your a Spanish/French Soldier fighting in the (1803) Peninsula war, and your unit stops upon this. You look around, and eventually you lose track of where you are. Darkness and weird sounds spiral around you, sounds not familiar to any European. You enter a staircase, and you fall upon a Assassin bureau, lost to time.
      I’m getting AC Valhalla vibes with it, like when Eivor encounters Abandoned Roman era hidden one bureaus.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому

      @@ancientragerv2561 change that date to 1807-14, and 👍

  • @nirangadewruwanperera2540
    @nirangadewruwanperera2540 3 роки тому +4

    Appreciate the armies who conquered there. They preserved and respected the rival's art, which is a piece of news we don't hear often.

    • @nirangadewruwanperera2540
      @nirangadewruwanperera2540 3 роки тому +2

      @abdo abdo hah hah.. that's the extremist dogma which we should destroy. By the libraries, you may have referred to the Alexandria, but the armies who conquered Alhambra weren't there when the Alexandria destroyed. Please go see the above comment again. Don't let your irrational filthy extremist ideology come out so often. Thanks.

    • @alif1217
      @alif1217 3 роки тому +6

      ​@@nirangadewruwanperera2540 No he is right. The Spanish intentionnaly burned a lot of books written by the Muslims during the Reconquista, that's where the word "autodafe" comes from.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-da-f%C3%A9
      And they destroyed many monuments that are now forever lost.

    • @nirangadewruwanperera2540
      @nirangadewruwanperera2540 3 роки тому +2

      @@alif1217 well, in fact, I'm not worried as it is the common scenario which we can see all over the history and in this architectural case, I'm pretty sure this isn't the same as the shameful display of cowerdize Ottomans did by sacking the great Byzantine architecture. Therefore I don't still see a reason not to give credits and appreciate the armies who were great enough not to convert a thing in here.

    • @alif1217
      @alif1217 3 роки тому +2

      @@nirangadewruwanperera2540 Actually, every mosque was converted into church, and sometimes partially destroyed to build a church in it. Even the king of Spain Charles Quint regretted it and said "You destroyed what we see nowhere to build what we see everywhere" in reference to the Cordoba cathedral that was build inside of the mosque

    • @nirangadewruwanperera2540
      @nirangadewruwanperera2540 3 роки тому +1

      @@alif1217 yeah pathetic isn't it to see what medieval primary-minded civilizations did. It is even more sad to see still some of those primary-minded civilizations are alive and they've been converting the historical monuments into mosques and no history experts are there to criticize even they have more of them in their own civilization. And I'm still not able to find a reason not to be thankful for the Catholic armies for sparing this architectural masterpiece.

  • @agushll74
    @agushll74 3 роки тому

    Claro que no sabemos de esos lugares ocultos si no los abren al público.
    Of course we don’t know about these places if they are not open to public.

  • @teleopinions1367
    @teleopinions1367 3 роки тому

    Regio.

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel 4 роки тому +13

    That place where Game of Thrones was filmed :-)
    Nice museum !

    • @vegalight196
      @vegalight196 4 роки тому

      Dorne?

    • @Nora-vm8hz
      @Nora-vm8hz 3 роки тому +14

      Actually, the set of Dorne is the Alcazar of Seville

    • @janswimwild
      @janswimwild 3 роки тому +1

      It was supposed to be filmed in Granada but Sevilla got in with permits first, a source of annoyance to the residents of Granada.

  • @YaYaPaBla
    @YaYaPaBla Рік тому

    Neat

  • @educationofknowledge8119
    @educationofknowledge8119 3 роки тому +16

    Mashallah
    *What a magnificent Islamic culture*
    💗❤️❤️💗❤️💗❤️💗❤️💗❤️💗❤️💗❤️

  • @calmerthanyou6180
    @calmerthanyou6180 2 роки тому +2

    I proposed to my wife at the Alhambra Castle in Granada.

  • @Revival_Channel
    @Revival_Channel 2 роки тому

    Nothing special underground. Magnificent above ground.

  • @playclay1403
    @playclay1403 3 роки тому +6

    1:17 wrong, the sultan used to visit his people secretly to listen from them directly about many things like economic, politics etc. About their personal complains also (family/relationship).
    Like who read this, who remain single all the time, the sultan will arrange marriage for you.

    • @yysserfatimah778
      @yysserfatimah778 3 роки тому

      Lier!

    • @shielatangalin9506
      @shielatangalin9506 3 роки тому

      Might also be a secret passage for mistresses.

    • @playclay1403
      @playclay1403 3 роки тому

      @@shielatangalin9506 i have my source, do your research, the king wants to be a civillian sometimes

    • @shielatangalin9506
      @shielatangalin9506 3 роки тому

      @Play Clay relax man. We did'nt see what went on those times and old history books(even new ones) may be twisted to fit their readers. Secret passages are for secrets and I only said "might also be." I did not contradict nor tell you you are lying. Peace! :)

    • @playclay1403
      @playclay1403 3 роки тому

      @@shielatangalin9506 the fact is islamic world was most civilized at that time, people adore their sultans. The best leader the best country.
      How you just came and saying those sultan doing such infidelity?
      You know married person get death penalty for adultery, right?
      I am relax, I just reply your 'adultery' response at my comment.

  • @mustafatube18490
    @mustafatube18490 2 роки тому +8

    As a muslim its just Heartbreaking watching this 💔

    • @sidi8101
      @sidi8101 2 роки тому +3

      Why?

    • @openalpha01
      @openalpha01 2 роки тому +1

      ¡Viva Cristo Rey!

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 Рік тому +1

      Why? You are not allowed to have pets, to draw or sculpt humans, to eat pork, to drink wine, to have democratic governments, but you are allowed to have 4 wives, 9 pleasure women and have non Muslim women (like Yazidis ) as slaves and also, more relevant here, to have buildings with beautiful detail

    • @mrrobot3267
      @mrrobot3267 Рік тому +3

      @@marioformosa4259 better than a religion with 3in1 god
      The son is god , the holy spirit is god and the father is god 😵
      Like a shampoo 3in1 😅

    • @marioformosa4259
      @marioformosa4259 Рік тому +1

      @@mrrobot3267 No Islam keeps you backward, too restrictive, all about struggle, war, primitive. I suppose raiding someone's tent in a desert is normal but in a city it's fatal. Millions of Muslims want to come and live in the West

  • @jajacapo2955
    @jajacapo2955 3 роки тому

    Skyminder

  • @MrTaktic121
    @MrTaktic121 3 роки тому +1

    Was that bell shape prison in the last Kingdom

  • @PissMenn
    @PissMenn 3 роки тому

    Doesn't it they used in a Korean Movie?

  • @bullterror5
    @bullterror5 2 роки тому

    Now I want a Castle 🤣

  • @thetwentiethman3008
    @thetwentiethman3008 2 місяці тому

    I believe the architectural term you're looking for is 'postern'.

  • @jonchipiron5430
    @jonchipiron5430 3 роки тому +7

    VIVA CRISTO REY.