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Granada's People and Legends (Page 2)

This section profiles the people who shaped Granada, from the last Nasrid sultan Boabdil and vizier-chronicler Ibn al-Khatib to poet Federico García Lorca. It also covers the city's persistent legends, the tales locals still tell about its streets and hills.

Interior of the Hall of the Two Sisters in the Alhambra Granada at dusk, carved Arabic stucco inscriptions by ibn zamrak alhambra poet visible in the frieze below a muqarnas honeycomb dome, warm amber light

Ibn Zamrak: the poet whose words are carved into the Alhambra

James Walker Updated

Ibn Zamrak (1333–1393), pupil of Ibn al-Khatib, was the Nasrid court poet whose Arabic verses were carved into the Alhambra's Court of the Lions and stucco.

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Interior of the Nasrid Palaces, Alhambra Granada, with Arabic calligraphy and arabesque stucco covering the walls, epigraphy shaped by ibn al-khatib granada nasrid court poets

Ibn al-Khatib: Granada's Great Nasrid Vizier

James Walker Updated

Ibn al-Khatib ran Nasrid Granada for 30 years, wrote 60+ works, and argued contagion theory 500 years before Pasteur. His poetry lines the Alhambra walls.

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Carmen de la Antequeruela, Manuel de Falla's Granada home at Paseo de los Mártires 11, white-walled Andalusian carmen with garden, Alhambra hill visible in the background

Manuel de Falla in Granada: Composer, Exile, Legacy

James Walker Updated

Manuel de Falla lived in Granada from 1921 to 1939, composing at the foot of the Alhambra and co-organising the landmark 1922 Cante Jondo contest with Lorca.

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