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Andalusia
Granada

Generalife

The Generalife was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the palace complex in , .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alhambra and Silla del Moro.

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The is a palace and fortress complex located in , . It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world. is situated 370 metres west of Generalife.

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is situated 190 metres northeast of Generalife.

Castle
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is a palatial structure inside the fortress complex located in , . It was originally built in the early 14th century by the Nasrid ruler Muhammad III, making it the oldest surviving palatial structure in the Alhambra. is situated 320 metres west of Generalife.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sacromonte and Albaicín.

Neighborhood
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, sometimes also called Sacramonte, is a traditional neighbourhood in the eastern area of the city of in Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the six neighbourhoods that make up the urban district of Albayzín and borders the neighbourhoods of Albayzín, San Pedro, Realejo-San Matías, El Fargue and Haza Grande.

Quarter
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The , also spelled Albayzín, is a neighbourhood of , . It is centered around a hill on the north side of the which passes through the city.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Generalife.

Generalife

Latitude
37.17695° or 37° 10′ 37″ north
Longitude
-3.58507° or 3° 35′ 6″ west
Elevation
789 metres (2,589 feet)
Inception
13th century
Open location code
8C9R5CG7+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 196490785
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8849185
Wiki­data ID
Q525811
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Generalife” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنة العريف”
  • Asturian: “Generalife”
  • Bashkir: “Хенералифе”
  • Basque: “Generalife”
  • Bulgarian: “Хенералифе”
  • Burmese: “ဂျင်နရာလီဖီ”
  • Catalan: “Generalife”
  • Chinese: “赫内拉利费宫”
  • Croatian: “Generalife”
  • Czech: “Generalife”
  • Danish: “Generalife”
  • Dutch: “Generalife”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝeneralifo”
  • Finnish: “Generalife”
  • French: “Generalife”
  • French: “Généralife”
  • Galician: “Generalife”
  • Georgian: “ხენერალიფე”
  • German: “Generalife”
  • Greek: “Χενεραλίφε”
  • Hebrew: “חנרליפה”
  • Hindi: “अरीफ़ की जन्नत”
  • Indonesian: “Generalife”
  • Italian: “Generalife”
  • Japanese: “ヘネラリフェ”
  • Korean: “헤네랄리페”
  • Malay: “Janatularif”
  • Malayalam: “ജെനെറലൈഫെ”
  • Mingrelian: “ხენერალიფე”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Generalife”
  • Norwegian: “Generalife”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਰੀਫ਼ ਦੀ ਜੰਨਤ”
  • Persian: “ژنرالیف”
  • Polish: “Generalife”
  • Portuguese: “Generalife”
  • Russian: “Хенералифе”
  • Serbian: “Хенералифе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Generalife”
  • Slovak: “Generalife”
  • Slovenian: “Generalife”
  • Spanish: “El Generalife”
  • Spanish: “Generalife”
  • Spanish: “Jardín del Conjunto del Generalife”
  • Spanish: “Jardines del Generalife”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Generalife”
  • Swedish: “Generalife”
  • Turkish: “Generalife”
  • Ukrainian: “Хенераліфе”
  • Urdu: “جنۃ العریف”
  • Vietnamese: “Generalife”
  • Western Panjabi: “عریف دی جنت”

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