Albayzín

E531204

Albayzín is the historic Moorish quarter of Granada, Spain, known for its narrow winding streets, whitewashed houses, and iconic views of the Alhambra.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Albayzín canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalTradition Andalusian ⓘ
Islamic ⓘ
currentOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
formerFunction Moorish residential quarter ⓘ
hasFeature miradores (viewpoints) ⓘ
small squares and plazas ⓘ
steep cobbled streets ⓘ
traditional courtyards ⓘ
whitewashed walls ⓘ
hasLandmark Carrera del Darro ⓘ
Church of San Nicolás ⓘ
El Bañuelo (Arab baths) ⓘ
Mirador de San Nicolás ⓘ
Plaza Larga ⓘ
Puerta de Elvira ⓘ
hasSubArea Sacromonte (adjacent traditional quarter) ⓘ
linked to: Sacromonte
hasViewOf Alhambra ⓘ
Sierra Nevada mountains ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1994 ⓘ
heritageDesignationWith Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Nasrid period ⓘ
linked to: Nasrid dynasty
historicalPeriodOfOrigin medieval Islamic period ⓘ
knownFor Carmen-style houses with gardens ⓘ
Islamic and Andalusi architecture ⓘ
Moorish urban layout ⓘ
historic cityscape ⓘ
narrow winding streets ⓘ
views of the Alhambra ⓘ
whitewashed houses ⓘ
languageHistoricallyUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Andalusia ⓘ
Granada ⓘ
Province of Granada ⓘ
linked to: Granada Province

southern Spain ⓘ
locatedOn hill facing the Alhambra ⓘ
right bank of the Darro River ⓘ
partOf historic center of Granada ⓘ
municipality of Granada ⓘ
religiousHeritage former mosques converted into churches ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
urban tourism ⓘ
traversedBy Darro River (at its foot) ⓘ
linked to: Darro River
UNESCOId 314bis-002 ⓘ
urbanMorphology irregular medieval street pattern ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Generalife → near → Albayzín ⓘ
Albaicín → alternateName → Albayzín ⓘ