Arab quarter

The Albaycin is the old Arab Quarter in the shadow of the Alhambra. It covers the area between the hill of the Alhambra, the hill of San Cristobal, the Sacromonte and Elvira.
It was the place where the first Siri court was built in the eleventh century and consequently displays a strong Muslim influence.
The Albaycin descended from Saint Nicholas on the top of a hill to the banks of the River Darro. At its height in the last years of Nazarid dominance the quarter comprised a population of more than forty thousand inhabitants and thirty mosques.
The streets are very narrow and small with clean houses, plus numerous wells, some of which are still in the Albaycin.
The Moors left behind their homes, which were used by wealthy Christians to build their carmenes.Read more