Literature
Washington Irving
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Gate of Justice
He incorporated the gate’s hand and key into his romantic legend of the Arab astrologer.
Created here
Gate of the Seven Floors
He made the gate and its bastion the setting of a legend in Tales of the Alhambra.
Created here
Hall of the Abencerrajes
He produced a famous literary retelling of the Abencerraje massacre tradition associated with this hall.
Created here
Tower of the Princesses
He set his tale of the three beautiful princesses in this tower.
Commemorated here
Washington Irving Monument
Julio López Hernández portrayed him as a newly arrived romantic traveler encountering the Alhambra.
Lived here
Washington Irving Rooms
He lodged beside these rooms during his 1829 residence in the Alhambra.
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