Questionnaire to be completed in our visit to Granada. Erasmus Project: Geocaching In and Out of the Classroom - Minds on the Move

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1. Starting point of the tour: Granada cathedral.
We start our tour in the most religious and social
core of Granada, an outstanding place since the
city conquer by the Catholic Kings. The cathedral
was built where the Mayor Mosque in the Muslim
times was founded. The main façade, extremely
monumental, is the latest element, but of Italian
influence.
1) What is its architectural style?
a. Elizabethan-Gothic
b. Baroque
c. Mudejar
2) The author of this work is
represented in a nearby statue,
which gives its name to the
square:
a. Pedro de Machueca
b. Miguel Ángel
c. Alonso Cano
2. The Royal Chapel is at one side of the Cathedral
and you can have access to it through both the
inside and outside of this. It is where the Catholic
Kings’ son and daughter, Elizabeth I of Castile and
Ferdinand II of Aragon, are buried. The architecture
is Elizabethan-Gothic, especially remarkable for the
abundance of ornaments in the crestings and pinnacles.
1) In the first part of the crestings,
you can see the heraldic motifs
allusive to the kings, who are
buried there, in the
a. Flowers and jars
b. The initial letters of the
Catholic king and queen
c. Angels and demons
2) There, apart from the remains of
Isabel I of Castile and Ferdinand
the Catholic, there are also those
of
a. Their daughter Joanna the
Mad and her husband
Phillip the handsome and

2. Miguel da Paz, prince of
Portugal and grandson of
the Catholic Kings
b. The infants of Aragon
c. Boabdil, last Muslim king.
3) On top of the remains of Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon that lie
here, there are also:
a. a.those of her daughter Juana the mad and those of her husband, the
beautiful Felipe, as well as those of the infant Miguel of the Peace of
Portugal, grandson of the Catholic kings.
b. b.The infants of Aragon.
c. c.Boabdil
3. In Plaza Nueva, one of the most important and
bustling places of Granada there is a Renaissance
palace. The Catholic kings created the royal
audience and “Chancilleria” and established it as a
judicial body. After the conquest of the city of
Granada it was decided to locate in this city. It was
the first building that was built to house a court of
law.
1) On the sides of the large central
balcony, seated in the pediment
appear:
a. .A statue of the kings.
b. Justice and fortress under
the royal shield.
c. The virgin of the anguish.
2) The cover is a semicircular arch
surrounded by Corinthian
columns on pedestals. Above the
columns there is a straight
fronton with an inscription.
a. Felipe II and the date of
construction of the
building.
b. The prisoners who were
executed in 1492.
c. a poem by Garcia Lorca
4. In front of the “chancilleria”, there is a fountain.
The pillar was attached to a house, in the
place where a small square opened, in front of

3. a guest house. It was used as an animal trough and water supply for
the neighbors of the neighborhood.
1) Its name refers to an animal that
is represented by:
a. a gazelle’s head.
b. a dog’s head.
c. a bull’s head.
2) The frontis is finished with a
triangular cornice in whose
center it emphasizes:
a. The shield of the city of
Granada
b. a crucifix.
c. a wreath of flowers
5. Going up the hill Gomerez to Alhambra and before come into the most
important Granada’s forest we arrive at triumphal arch-door that P.
Machuca built to commemorate the arrival of Carlos V to Granada.
1) The name of the door is due to
a. Two allegories of peace.
b. Three grenades
decorating the lintel.
c. Two angels in procession.
2) The triangular eardrum
represents a coat of arms of the
Emperor Charles V that
supports:
a. Two savages.
b. Two allegories: of peace
and abundance.
c. Two faeries faucets.

4. 6. We come into Alhambra’s forest; we’ll reach the heart of the Muslim
Granada, palatal city of the nazarí kingdom, the last Islamic stronghold in the
Iberian peninsula. The gateway The Gate of Justice, Bad al-Sharia, is one of
the four gates than give entrance to the palatial site of the Alhambra.
1) In this door they emphasize
some of the most well-known
symbols of the culture
alhambreña in the great arc of
the facade.
a. A colossal giant.
b. An open hand with your
forearm and a tasseled
key.
c. A commemorative
inscription.
2) To reach the other side of the
door, you have to cross four
inner corners which are covered
by vaults:
a. of edges
b. semicircular
c. lobed
7. Already inside the enclosure we are in the Alhambra. It is a group
of palaces, gardens and fortress that housed a true citadel within the
city of Granada itself that served like lodging to the monarch and to the
court of the Nazarí Kingdom of Granada. Its true appeal, as in other
Muslim works of the time, lies not only in the interiors, whose
decoration is among the summits of Andalusian art, but also in its
location and adaptation, generating a new landscape but totally
integrated with the preexisting nature.

5. In the same center of the enclosure we go to the Palace of Charles V.
Called this way because it was built at the beginning as the residence of
Emperor Charles. His architect was Pedro de Machuca in 1542.
His style is renaissance. Is located next to the Nazarí Palace of
Comares, what supposes a great contrast with the Islamic architecture of
the surroundings.
1) In all the perimeter of the
building they emphasize some
rings of bronze with a decorative
function:
a. 5 gold rings
b. 40 bronze rings
c. 100 stone rings
2) On the front door, in the
pediment are:
a. Two reclining woman
winged statues
b. The horse of the emperor
c. A virgin

6. In the same center of the enclosure we go to the Palace of Charles V.
Called this way because it was built at the beginning as the residence of
Emperor Charles. His architect was Pedro de Machuca in 1542.
His style is renaissance. Is located next to the Nazarí Palace of
Comares, what supposes a great contrast with the Islamic architecture of
the surroundings.
1) In all the perimeter of the
building they emphasize some
rings of bronze with a decorative
function:
a. 5 gold rings
b. 40 bronze rings
c. 100 stone rings
2) On the front door, in the
pediment are:
a. Two reclining woman
winged statues
b. The horse of the emperor
c. A virgin