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Hospital Real

 

Front gate, Hospital Real, Granada, Andalucia, cottage rental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Hospital was created at the beginning of the 16th century by King Ferdinand, just outside the city walls and the Gate of Elvira, to attend to the many sick, wounded and mentally deranged people who wandered through Granada after the conquest.

 

 

 

Interior front gate, Hospital Real, Granada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today this handsome Renaissance palace, with its majestic halls and elegant courtyards, is the administrative center - Rectorado - of Granada's University, itself created by the Monarchs' grandson, Emperor Charles V.

 

 

 

Courtyard, Hospital Real, Granada, Andalucia

 

 

GRANADA, CITY OF MY DREAMS, a book for the curious traveller, written and illustrated by Lorenzo Bohme and published by Editorial Natívola (2003) is now in its 3rd edition.  To read about it and Nativola's other publications, click here

 

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