GRANADA 



GRANARD 



Granada. Map of the southern Spanish province, which 

 contains the highest points in Spain 



Warm in the plains and cool in 



the hills, its products include those 



of alpine and sub-tropical regions. 



Sugar-canes, beet-roots, cereals, 



fruit, cotton, and flax are grown, 



and silk, wine and oil produced, and 



there are textile factories, tanneries, 



and iron works. There are various 



minerals and marble quarries, and 



precious stones are found. There 



are also several hot springs in the 



prov. Pop. 542,640. 



Granada. City of Spain, capital 



of the prov. of Granada. It stands 



on the slopes of two hills and on 

 the plain connect- 

 ing them,' 03 m. 

 N.E. of Malaga. 

 Abundantly sup- 

 plied with water, 

 and having a de- 

 lightful climate, 

 this old Moorish 

 city, the last seat 

 of the Moslem 

 rulers of Spain, is 

 peculiarly inter- 



buried the great 

 Captain Gonzalo 

 de Cordova. Pop. 

 77,425. 



On the inva- 

 sion of thelberian 

 peninsula by the 

 Saracens in the 

 8th century, 

 some, mainly 

 Syrians from 

 Damascus, estab- 

 lished themselves 

 near the site of 

 the ancient Illi- 

 beris. The set- 

 tlement grew in 

 importance, and 

 during the Middle 

 Ages became the 

 wealthiest and 



most splendid city in Spain. As 

 the capital of the Moorish kingdom 

 of Granada it flourished for cen- 

 turies until the Moors began to 

 give ground during the wars with 

 Alfonso XI and Pedro the Cruel. 

 In 1482 Ferdinand and Isabella 

 began their task of expelling the 

 Moors from Spain, and in 1492 

 Boabclil, the last king of the Moors, 

 was compelled to abandon his cap- 

 ital. The city thereafter declined in 



Granada arms 



esting. It contains in the Alham- 

 bra (q.v.) a unique memorial of 

 Moorish power and art. 



The old town, Albaicin, which 

 stands on a neighbouring hill, 

 although the poorest part of the 

 city and the dwelling-place of gyp- 

 sies, is most picturesque. There are 

 remains of the Moorish walls and 

 towers, the Alcazar, the Casa del 

 Cabildo (or old university), the 

 water conduits and other buildings 

 which once made Granada a great 

 trading city and a seat of arts and 

 learning. The more modern town 

 contains the cathedral, public 

 buildings, promenades, plazas, gar- 

 dens, fountains, etc. It has many 

 educational and philanthropic in- 

 stitutions, carries on a large trade 

 in agricultural produce, and manu- 

 factures textiles, liqueurs, soap, 

 and paper. In the Capilla Rml, or 

 Chapel Royal, is the sarcophagus 

 of Ferdinand and Isabella, and 

 in the convent of San Jeronimo lies 



prosperity and importance. Taken 

 by the French in 1810 and 1823, it 

 suffered from seismic disturbances 

 in 1884-85, and a conflagration in 

 1890 damaged the Alhambra. 



Granada. City of Nicaragua, 

 Central America, capital of the 

 dept. of Granada. It stands on 

 Lake Nicaragua, 28 m. by rly. 

 S.S.E. of Managua. Founded in 

 1523, the city is well built, and has 

 fine churches and public buildings. 

 It trades in dye woods, indigo, 

 cocoa, wool, and hides, and manu- 

 factures footwear and gold-wire 

 chains. There are large cocoa 

 plantations in the environs. The 

 city was partly burned down in 

 1855. Pop 17,050. 



Granadilla. Edible fruits of 

 several species of Passiflora (pas- 

 sion-flowers), though the name 

 properly refers to the large green- 

 ish-yellow fruits of P. quadrangu- 

 laris. These are about 6 ins. in 

 diameter, with sweet, slightly acid, 

 purple pulp. It is a native of 

 Nicaragua, but is largely culti- 

 vated in the tropics. It has strongly 

 scented white and red flowers. 



Granard. Urban district and 

 market town of Longford, Ireland. 

 The station is Ballywillan, 3 m. 

 away. Much 

 damage to the 

 buildings here was 

 done during dis- 

 turbances in Nov., 

 1920. Fop. ],530. 

 Granard, EARL 

 OF. Irish title, 

 borne since 1684 

 by the family of 

 Forbes. Sir 

 Arthur Forbes, a 

 member of the 

 Scottish family of 

 that name, ob- 

 tained a grant of 

 land in co. Long- 

 ford, and was 

 made a baronet in 

 1628. His son, Sir 

 Arthur (d. 1696), 

 was made a 

 baron, a viscount, 

 and in 1684 an 



Gram 



The centre of the city and the cathedral, from San Jeronimo. 

 Above, characteristic houses in the old town 



