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OrganisationThe Granada Steering Committee is organized by the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, IACT, under the responsibility of Dr. Francisca Martinez-Ruiz (email : fmruiz@ugr.es).
(From http://www.andalucia.com/cities/granada.htm) Granada was first settled by native tribes in the prehistoric period, and was known as Ilbyr. When the Romans colonised southern Spain, they built their own city here and called it Illibris. The Arabs, invading the peninsula in the 8th century, gave it its current name of Granada. It was the last Muslim city to fall to the Christians in 1492, at the hands of Queen Isabel of Castile and her husband Ferdinand of Aragon. One of the most brilliant jewels of universal architecture is the Alhambra, a series of palaces and gardens built under the Nazari Dynasty in the 14th C.
At the centre of the Alhambra stands the massive Palace of Charles V, an outstanding example of Spanish Renaissance architecture. Other major Christian monuments found in the city are the Cathedral, including the Royal Chapel where Isabel and Ferdinand lie buried, the Monastery of La Cartuja and many churches built by Moorish craftsmen after the Reconquest, in Granada's unique "mudéjar" style. For information about visiting times, tickets etc click here.
The Sacromonte hill, which overlooks the city from the North, is famous for its cave dwellings, once the home of Granada's large gypsy community. The name Granada is ancient and mysterious. It may mean "great castle", for the Roman fortress which once stood on the Albaicin Hill. When the Moors came here, the town was largely inhabited by Jews, for which they called it Garnat-al-Yahud - Granada of the Jews. The Jews are said to have been one of the first peoples to settle in Spain, even before the Romans. For more interesting facts few facts about Granada click here.
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Arrival in Granada:
Program of the Workshop
AccommodationTo be seen with Francisca Martinez-Ruiz
Hotel: MACIA GRAN VIA (***)
Residencia de invitados Carmen
de la Victoria From the hotel to the "Carmen de la Victoria" it is possible
to walk, actually it is a very nice walk with the view of the Alhambra, and
takes 20 or 25 minutes. If you prefer to take a bus (http://granadainfo.com/busmapeng.htm)
there are bus stops in the hotel street, Gran Via, and also in "Plaza Nueva"
where you also have a taxi stop (i.e. indication in the map). Then there is
a bus stop just in the "Carmen de la Victoria".
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ASSEMBLAGE
This
mighty compound of buildings – including the summer palace called Generalife,
with its fountains and gardens - stands at the foot of Spain's highest mountain
range, the Sierra Nevada, and overlooks the city below and the fertile plain of
Granada. 
The
hill facing the Alhambra is the old Moorish casbah or "medina", called the
Albaicin, a fascinating labyrinth of narrow streets and whitewashed houses with
secluded inner gardens, known as "cármenes". The Plaza de San Nicolas, at the
highest point of the Albaicin, is famous for its magnificent view of the Moorish
palace. 
