Torre de las Infantas (Granada)

Spain / Granada / Granada
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Dejando atrás la Torre de la Cautiva, el Paseo de las Torres continúa su recorrido junto a la muralla adaptándose al desnivel del terreno. Surge entonces otra torre de semejante estructura a la Cautiva, la Torre de las Infantas.

En su entrada, con triple recodo, destaca la bovedita de grandes mocárabes pintados imitando ladrillos rojos con llagas blancas. En esta torre el patio central, con fuentecilla poligonal de mármol, distribuye en su contorno las estancias principales, la más importante al fondo, a las que se accede a través del tradicional arco enmarcado, con tacas en las jambas.

El patio, originalmente con linterna y cúpula de mocárabes, se cubre hoy con un techo de madera moderno. A él abren las estancias de la planta superior mediante ventanas geminadas.

Aunque la Torre de las Infantas se asemeja conceptualmente a la Torre de la Cautiva, los tratadistas que se han ocupado de ella coinciden en afirmar que su decoración expresa en general un momento de decadencia que coincidiría con el cambio del siglo XIV al XV, concretamente a la época del sultán Muhammad VII (1392-1408).

Esta torre es escenario de la famosa leyenda de las tres princesas, Zaida, Zorayda y Zorahaida, recogida por Washington Irving en sus famosos Cuentos de la Alhambra, cuya lectura acompaña perfectamente para comprender una Alhambra romántica tal vez aquí como en ningún otro lugar del recinto.

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Coordenadas:   37°10'32"N   3°35'8"W

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  • The "Infantas" Tower-Palace is located at the east wall, between the towers "Cautiva" and "Cabo de la Carrera". It is a building with two floors crossed by a moat and the rampart. The access to this tower is through a passage with a vault decorated with "muqarbas" (decorative motif characteristic of the Moslem architecture, based on vertically juxtaposed bows or prisms), and painted imitating bricks, which is unique in the Alhambra. This passage leads to a central rectangular room, very much like a courtyard, which has openings on the smaller sides. Over this room there is a lantern embellished with "muqarbas". All round this central room, there are windows, that give out onto the exterior, situated at three lateral rooms, narrow and rectangular. Of this three rooms, the one that is parallel to the defensive wall, is the biggest and has scalloped arches that allow the light into the alcoves.
  • The "Infantas" Tower, is one of the most significative examples of the surprising contrast between the exterior moderation and the rich architecture and decoration of its interior. Starting from the simple exterior volume, with a flat wall, interrupted only by the windows, its interior volume is very complex, with the distribution of the spaces and the richness of the decoration based on tiles, plasterworks and embellished ceilings. Although the interior space is small, the decoration is really astonishing, with a very complex architectural design. It is an example of the great ability of the "nazarie" architecture, to gain as much inner space as possible. After entering the building, through a passage built in three turns, covered with a small vault embellished with red painted "muqarbas", we find the interior with a central room or courtyard surrounded by other rooms or alcoves with windows giving onto the exterior. There is a modern fountain in the center of this courtyard, as well as a wooden cupola that covers it and that substitutes a possibly previous vault adorned with "muqarbas". The upper rooms are also distributed around the courtyard
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