The Ladies Tower
The Ladies Tower is a tower in Granada, Granada, Andalusia. The Ladies Tower is situated nearby to the castle Partal Palace, as well as near Generalife.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martín Rico, Public domain.
- Type: Tower
- Description: building in Granada, Spain
- Also known as: “Ladies Tower”, “Ladies Tower at the Alhambra in Granada”, “Torre de las Damas”, and “Tower of the Ladies”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alhambra and Partal Palace.
Alhambra
Photo: Bernd Untiedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world. Alhambra is situated 160 metres south of The Ladies Tower.
Partal Palace
Castle
Photo: Alberto-g-rovi, CC BY 3.0.
Partal Palace is a palatial structure inside the Alhambra fortress complex located in Granada, Spain. 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.
Generalife
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
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 Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain. Generalife is situated 310 metres east of The Ladies Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sacromonte and Albaicín.
Sacromonte
Neighborhood
Sacromonte, sometimes also called Sacramonte, is a traditional neighbourhood in the eastern area of the city of Granada 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.
Albaicín
Quarter
Photo: Miguel303xm, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Albaicín, also spelled Albayzín, is a neighbourhood of Granada, Spain. It is centered around a hill on the north side of the Darro River which passes through the city.
The Ladies Tower
- Category: historic site
- Location: Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.17745° or 37° 10′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.58852° or 3° 35′ 19″ westElevation
756 metres (2,480 feet)Height
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
8C9R5CG6+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 196500564OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“The Ladies Tower” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج السيدات”
- Spanish: “Torre de las Damas, Alhambra”
- Spanish: “Torre de las Damas”
- Ukrainian: “Вежа Дам в Альгамбрі в Гранаді”
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