Evolución del frente murario más destacado y simbólico del recintode la Alhambra: la muralla norte

• Virginie Claude Brazille Naulet ^[1] ; Antonio Orihuela Uzal ^[2] ; Luis José García-Pulid ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Granada

     Universidad de Granada

     Granada, España

     
  2. [2] Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

     Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: FORTMED2023. Defensive architecture of the mediterranean : vol. XIII, XIV, XV / Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua (dir. congr.), Denise Ulivieri (aut.), 2023, ISBN 978-84-1396-129-3, págs. 409-416
• Idioma: español
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  • This research is focused in the study of the northern wall of the Alhambra (Granada), with a deeper view to study its architecture, history and transformations till our days. The first palaces of the nasrid dynasty were stablished in the central and most elevated area of the Sabīka hill. With the time, they were shifted to the north, until they were placed on the defence line of the military compound from a visually and structural point of view. This northern wall has projected the image of power over the city of Granada and its territory in every time in history. There are different milestones in its configuration, like the changes made by Yūsuf I (r. 1333-1354), the building of the Palaces of Comares and Leones or the modifications carried out by the Catholic Monarchs after the conquest of Granada. All these uses were superimposed, but with the prevalence of the palatial one above the fortified walkway that surrounded the Alhambra. Some mullioned windows were built above the wall. At the same time, the wall was changing in some parts, like in the Patio de la Reja area. There, the old walkway that existed until the fourteenth century was parallel to the south gallery of the Patio de Lindaraja. Ultimately, the building of the huge Tower of Comares by king Yūsuf I was the enlargement of a previous tower that existed in the northern wall of the Alhambra. It is a paradigm of the transformation of a defensive front to an element of royal power display.