Generalife
Sign in to saveThe Generalife (; ) was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Generalife
- Historic site.native_language
- Arabic
- Historic site.image
- Patio de la Acequia (Generalife) - DSC07863 (slightly cropped and sharpened).jpg
- Historic site.caption
- The Patio de la Acequia
- Historic site.location
- Granada, Andalucía, Spain
- Historic site.built
- 14th century
- Historic site.governing_body
- Ministry of Culture
- Historic site.designation1
- WHS
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 1984 (8th session)1994 (18th session – Extension)
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 314
- Historic site.designation1_criteria
- i, iii, iv
- Historic site.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Historic site.designation1_free1name
- Region
- Historic site.designation1_free1value
- Europe
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Nasrid period
- After the ''Reconquista''
- Description
- The present-day site
- The outer gardens
- The main palace
- The Water Stairway and the upper gardens
- Original form under Nasrid rule
- Overall layout
- The palace complex
- Water supply system
- Cultural influence
- See also
- References
- External links
The Generalife (; ) was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.
== Etymology == The most commonly cited etymology for the name "Generalife" is that it derives from jannat al-‘arīf () which may variously mean "Garden of the Architect", "Garden of the Artist", "Garden of the Gnostic", or even "Garden of the Flautist". According to Robert Irwin, however, this traditional etymology is unlikely and the true origin of the name is not clearly known. An earlier version of the name recorded in the 16th century by Marmol was Ginalarife, which J.D. Latham suggests is evidence that the first word was originally jinan (; a plural version derived from the same root), not jannat.