Inés Moral Molina Laude Altillo 2º Bach. A

Index

•History•Location•Landmarks•Culture •Gastronomy •Summary•Questions

History

•Conquered by the Roman Empire.

• Arabs.

• In 1492, Catholic kings drove out the Arabs.

• Iliberis, Florentia, Elvira, Granata and Granada.

Location

•Capital city of the Andalucía region along the eastern end.

•Location: base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

•738 meters above the sea level.

Landmarks

1) Alhambra-It is the most important monument

-Built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain.-The decoration: stiff, conventional foliage,

Arabic inscriptions, and geometrical patterns wrought into arabesques.

2)Science Park

-Interactive museum

- One of the most varied offers for cultural and scientific leisure in Europe.

-Planetarium.Exciting journeythrough the universe,with a projection of over 7.000 stars.

3)Sierra Nevada-Highest point of continental Spain,

Mulhacén at 3478 m.-Sierra Nevada was formed during the

Alpine Orogeny.

4) Carthusian monastery

-Before being built, it was a roman cemetery.

-After that, it was the house of some monks.

5) The Cathedral

-The Cathedral was built on the site of the former Mosque.

Culture •Granada is known as Federico Garcia

Lorca's city.

•Festivals during all the year: music, dance…

•University city.

Gastronomy

Santa Fe piononos

Moorish tea

Grenade

Tortilla Sacromonte

Beans with ham

Alpujarreño meal

Summary

•Granada was conquered by Romans and Arabs.

• It is located in Andalucía.•Landmark: Alhambra, Science Park, Sierra

Nevada Mountain Range, Carthusian monastery…

•Fererico García Lorca was a very important poet.

•The most famous fruit is the granate.

Some questions

1) Who is the most important poet to granada?

a) Luis Rosales b) Manuel Benitez Carrasco c) Federico Garcia Lorca

2) The more important monuments are : a) Alhambra, Giralda, Cathedral b) Alhambra, Sierra Nevada, Cathedral c) Alhambra, Science Park, Cathedral

Thanks for your attention