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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- In this video, I react to and discuss the video: " The Alhambra Explained " or “ La Alhambra Explicada ” My commentary is my based on my opinion as an Average Middle Aged American that had not yet been to Spain or Europe.
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Original Video: • The Alhambra Explained
"Explore with me the medieval citadel of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, and its precious Nasrid Palaces seen from an architectural point of view. I'll point out all the details you need to know to understand the Architecture of Islam." - Manuel Bravo
The Palace City
Alcazaba
Public part of the Alhambra
Nasrid Palaces
Islamic Paradise Garden
Landscape & Architecture
Court of Myrtles
Hall of the Ambassadors
Court of Lions
Arches & Columns
Stalactite Decoration
Fountain of Lions
Minor Courtyards & Baths
Albaicín
Partal
Generalife
Palace of Charles V
Beauty of the Alhambra
"The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/, Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: al-ḥamrāʼ ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world, in addition to containing notable examples of Spanish Renaissance architecture.
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. It was built on the Sabika hill, an outcrop of the Sierra Nevada which had been the site of earlier fortresses and of the 11th-century palace of Samuel ibn Naghrillah.[4][5] Later Nasrid rulers continuously modified the site. The most significant construction campaigns, which gave the royal palaces much of their defining character, took place in the 14th century during the reigns of Yusuf I and Muhammad V. After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered. In 1526, Charles V commissioned a new Renaissance-style palace in direct juxtaposition with the Nasrid palaces, but it was left uncompleted in the early 17th century. The site fell into disrepair over the following centuries, with its buildings occupied by squatters. The troops of Napoleon destroyed parts of it in 1812. After this, the Alhambra became an attraction for British, American, and other European Romantic travellers. The most influential of them was Washington Irving, whose Tales of the Alhambra (1832) brought international attention to the site. The Alhambra was one of the first Islamic monuments to become the object of modern scientific study and has been the subject of numerous restorations since the 19th century. It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
During the Nasrid era, the Alhambra was a self-contained city separate from the rest of Granada below. It contained most of the amenities of a Muslim city such as a Friday mosque, hammams (public baths), roads, houses, artisan workshops, a tannery, and a sophisticated water supply system. As a royal city and citadel, it contained at least six major palaces, most of them located along the northern edge where they commanded views over the Albaicín quarter.[6] The most famous and best-preserved are the Mexuar, the Comares Palace, the Palace of the Lions, and the Partal Palace, which form the main attraction to visitors today." - wikipedia
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I visited it this year. The courtyard of the lions is probably the most serene and balanced architectural work I have ever seen in my life...
La energía para las fuentes y todo lo demás es simple gravedad. Junto a Granada está la cordillera Sierra Nevada con la montaña más alta de la Península Ibérica por lo que agua no falta. Es una pena que no salga en el vídeo porque la foto de la Alhambra con las montañas nevadas al fondo es impresionante.
14:54 built-in seating at the the side of the windows is a very common thing in castles and medieval buildings. In a pre-electricity world the sun was the most reliable source of illumination, way better than torches and candles, and those seats were good for reading or doing small handiwork (like crotchetting or sewing)
Eran muy avanzados y trajeron una tecnología para muchas áreas de la agricultura, el algebra, etc. Muchas de las cosas que tenemos actualmente fueron sacadas de traducciones de textos árabes en aquella época. Tenían un sistema para llevar el agua desde abajo de la montaña arriba, no sé como funciona pero eso me explicaron cuando fui.
The Alhambra is so beautiful
Yes, it is!
19:43 They used different methods besides gravity, things like 'hydraulic shock' (or water/fluid hammer) and communicating vessels, for example. They found ways to create pressure inside water pipes by connecting them in different positions in relation to reservoirs/water tanks that were built at different heights. They were pretty ingenious.
20:14
So hard to understand.
When I was taking Calculus in college, I was complaining how hard it was to learn, then I realized someone had to invent it. LOL.
Hola desde España, yo conozco la Alhambra y es una maravilla que cualquiera que pueda tiene que ver… respecto al funcionamiento de las fuentes cierto es que llevan funcionando mas de 700 años pero en Roma la Fontana son 2000 años funcionando con la misma instalación. Otra cosa también es que el edificio está preparado contra los terremotos con un sistema de plomo en las juntas de las columnas y ya tiene varios terremotos que certifican su espectacular diseño. Un abrazo
Los romanos ya tenían esos sistemas, pero la fontana di trevi es del s.XVIII.
En el minuto 21:44 se ve el patio de los Leones y al fondo mas arcos y otra sala ...bien , pues el tejado piramidal que se ve encima , no es el original ...hasta 1920 ( creo ) el tejado era una cúpula de azulejos en forma de estrella y de colores verde y blancos ...tengo un cuadro al oleo de 1914 dónde se ve perfectamente la cúpula original...😮
The technological and scientific development of the Hispano-Arab Muslims allowed them to adopt and adapt various means and technical resources for the prospecting, collection, elevation, storage, distribution and use of water.
The Muslims immensely perfected irrigation techniques, they became the masters of agricultural hydraulic technique, they took advantage of the Roman irrigation systems that they found here, and together with the Eastern techniques that they knew, they were able to achieve exceptional use of water.
The two traditional irrigation systems still in force today come from the Muslim era, in addition to the water canals or ditches, through which water from rivers or springs flowed, using the unevenness of the ground. In the use of river waters they used weirs or dams, and alquezares or cuts.
To remove water from wells, fountains, springs, or rivers, various means were used: the pulley, the horizontal hand winch, the crankshaft, and the lifting wheels.
To capture underground water, wells were used and, perhaps the most well-known and relevant of the water channels in the Arab world, the famous qanä, which basically consists of underground galleries, drilled using techniques of oriental origin, through which the the water from a mother well that captures it from the water tables and is provided with vents or ventilation wells every certain distance.
WOW!
Thanks for information!
Por supuesto la Ciudad de Granada tiene mucha arquitectura árabe y hay otros sitios dignos de ver. Otras ciudades con arquitectura árabe y judía a destacar… Sevilla, Córdoba, Toledo
Para los árabes el agua era un símbolo de vida y riqueza.
Hay que entender que era una cultura que nació en el desierto de Arabia.
Por eso siempre en sus construcciones hay fuentes y canales de agua corriendo.
También se producían alimentos dentro de la fortaleza, no al punto de hacerla autosuficiente, pero si para que un asedio durara más tiempo del que permitirían los alimentos almacenados.
También habia un baño público y diferentes servicios que necesitaban agua.
La guarnición en las ciudades musulmanas solía ser extranjera, de africa normalmente. Y se les daba todos los servicios necesarios dentro del castillo para evitar que establecieran relación de cualquier tipo con la población de la ciudad. Por la razón de que en caso de levantamiento no tuvieran remordimientos a la hora de aplastarlos.
Un abrazo desde Jerez de la Frontera.
Los nazaries tenian aljibes , una camara que recogia agua de la lluvia o nieve y la almacenaban por si acaso habia una sequia
It gets pretty hot down there in summer. about the water at 6:52, canals and fountains realy bring the temperature down when youre in the Alhambra. In some places of the palace it can get really chilly even tho its 110ºF outside. The one running through the streets seems merely decorative tho.
La Alhambra la construyeron los hispanomusulmanes de Hispania y la Catedral de Santa Sofia,Turquía, hoy Mezquita la construyeron los cristianos de Oriente. 😊
Jajaja para Vds. Todo es incomprensible en el viejo Mundo.
Granada es riquísima en agua , tiene enorme cordillera, Sierra Nevada, con nieve y picos de 3400mt de altitud. El Mulhacen, pico Veleta. En Granada hace mucho frío esta a casi 1000mts de altitud y hace calor en verano. A 60Km . está la playa de Granada clima subtropical .😂 España es difícil de conocer y de comprender.🤗🤗
Cuando Bill Clinton vió la Alhambra exclamo ,!Que maravilla, es el atardecer as bello que he visto en toda mi vida,
Another cathedral worth visiting for next time: ua-cam.com/video/Qx0b4og4xKg/v-deo.htmlsi=0MhEYwc2_3bPyVu4
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Granada is at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where Spain's highest peak, Mulhacén, is located. It practically has snow all year round. That's where all that water comes from. One of the most famous brands of mineral water in Spain, Lanjarón, comes from the town of the same name that sits on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Mulhacén is the highest peak in the Iberian Peninsula, not in Spain. The highest peak in Spain is Teide, in the Canary Islands. Sorry for the mistake.
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La montaña más alta de España es El Teide en las islas Canarias, el pico del almulhacen en sierra Nevada es el más alto de la península Ibérica.
Check out to: Palacio de Aranjuez, Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso, El Escorial. All of them so beautiful
Thank you!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_AmericanYou are welcome!
Solo recordar que en el reino de Granada, habían cristianos, y musulmanes conversos del cristianismo. Estos obreros , junto a los arquitectos y otros profesionales MUSULMANES de origen, fueron los que construyeron la Alhambra.😊 vivían mezclados en la vida cotidiana.😊
Y...judios.
The imperial system you know is (was) just used in British colonies. Spain had it's own system with feet and inches and so on, but the actual measures were different from the British. For example one Castillian foot was 29.54cm vs one British foot being 30.48cm.
Also in Spain several systems lived together. There was the Castillian foot, the Catalan foot and some really old systems like the Byzantine foot or even the Roman foot.
Then the French came up with their metric system and most of the world adopted it, except for USA, Burma and Liberia.
Alhambra is pronounced Al-ambra, the 'h' is mute in this case, following the phonetic rules of Spanish.
Oh, and you should *really* react to “europe explained to americans” by “hello erika”! :-]
Video coming soon!
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The term “ingeniator” appears as early as the end of the 8th or beginning of the 9th century in connection with public works, fortifications and military machines. Already in Roman times, inclines were used to carry water from one point to another thanks to the aqueduct. The Nazaries applied all that knowledge in addition to having very good engineers, in fact, there in that video you have the proof.
Nice to hearing ur apretiation for Spain, because Spain also appreciates America, in fact Spain alongside France appears as a Usa founder in ur Constitution. Kind Regards
"con el calor, el agua se va a evaporar" y en Granada (y gran parte de Andalucía) puede hacer MUCHO calor en verano, hasta 42° C... aunque el invierno también suele ser frío, quizá más incluso que en Madrid aunque Granada esté más al sur. Sin embargo, un sistema de captación de agua de lluvia en Granada no tendría mucho éxito por sí solo para suministrar agua a los jardines porque la ciudad (y en general Andalucía oriental) recibe pocas precipitaciones, de hecho todo el Mediterráneo español está padeciendo una grave sequía desde hace ya tres años aproximadamente.
Cuando el presidente Clinton vio la Alhambra exclamo, ¡Dios mio, es el atardecer mas bello que he visto en toda mi vida!
Surely, brother, it's amazing because it's the Alhambra palace built by the Bani al-Ahmar ️👳♀️ ️the owners of ancient art and fine taste, whose lineage goes back to one of the Friends of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and they are Arabs whose origins date back to the Arabian Peninsula 🐪 and if you want something more amazing and more elegant as well as you, and not something I'm reacting to this passage, I'll put its title below it's talking about the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Andalusia 👇
Wonders of architecture in Spain: the Great Mosque of Cordoba
Los europeos tenemos el sistema métrico decimal desde el s. xix. Antes cada pueblo, región país nación tenia su medida, peso y longitud y moneda.😊
In the Middle Ages, the Muslims were more advanced than the Europeans. They dominated mathematics, algebra, architecture... Christians lived in dark, unhealthy and smelly towns and castles. The Arabs washed daily and were masters in the use of water, both for ornamental fountains, hygienic and pleasure baths, and in the irrigation of crops, where they used regattas to bring water to the plants and gardens. When the Spanish Catholic Monarchs took the Alhambra after the surrender of the Moorish king Boabdil, In 1492, they were amazed by the architecture of the palace, and ordered it to be preserved. This scene from a Spanish series, from the life of Queen Isabel, recreates her arrival at the palace to accept the surrender of Boabdil:
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