Federico García Lorca and Granada: the city that made him
Lorca wrote his major plays in Granada, was shot nearby in 1936, and his grave has never been found. His house-museum, the grave site, and how to visit.
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- Also known as
- Lorca, García Lorca, Garcia Lorca
Federico García Lorca, a Spanish poet, playwright and theatre director, was born on 5 June 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town 17 km west of Granada. His father was a prosperous landowner with a farm in the fertile vega near the city, and the family moved to Granada in 1909, when Federico was 11. He died in August 1936.
The family's summer home, the Huerta de San Vicente, was used from 1926 to 1936 and is now the Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca; visits are guided. In the city, the Centro Federico García Lorca is the art centre devoted to him.
Excavations near Alfacar in 2009 failed to locate his body. For the last days of his life and the killing near Víznar, read Lorca's last day and the Víznar assassination.
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Places to see
In their time
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Modern Granada
1808–today
French troops held Granada from 1810 until 17 September 1812 and mined the Alhambra's towers on leaving; eight fell. On Christmas night 1884 a Mw 6.7 earthquake wrecked villages around Alhama de Granada, though not the city itself. On 20 July 1936 a garrison revolt took the centre, and the Albaicín held out under artillery fire until the 23rd.
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Washington Irving
1783–1859 Historical figure
Washington Irving, the American writer who lodged in the Alhambra in 1829, and where to find his trace in Granada: a 1914 plaque and a 2009 bronze monument.
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Ángel Ganivet
1865–1898 Historical figure
Ángel Ganivet, Granada-born writer and consul, died in Riga in 1898. Where he rests in San José cemetery, the 1921 Alhambra Wood monument, and his story.
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Manuel de Falla
1876–1946 Historical figure
Manuel de Falla settled in Granada around 1920 and organised the 1922 Concurso de Cante Jondo at the Alhambra. His life and where to find his trace today.
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Ángel Barrios
1882–1964 Historical figure
Ángel Barrios, Granada composer and guitarist (1882-1964), whose family lived on Calle Real, was Falla's landlord. His life and where his trace remains.
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Enrique Morente
1942–2010 Historical figure
Enrique Morente, the Albaicín-born flamenco singer who set Lorca to cante and recorded Omega with Lagartija Nick. His life and where Granada keeps his trace.
Undated
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Carmen de los Mártires
Monument
Seven-hectare Romantic estate on the Alhambra hill with free entry, roaming peacocks, five garden styles, and a Poets Route with verses by García Lorca.
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