Presentation of the proposal

With this tour we try to approach the monument to kids. It is a special tour different from the general tourist visit that allows the development of an activity adapted to the pace and the needs of kids.

This visit is the first approach of many of the participants to this emblematic place, thus we will basically work on the idea of the Alhambra as a city of another time and another culture. The objective is that children develop their observation skills to investigate things related to the past, as well as their perception skills to understand the Alhambra and enjoy its beauty.

Tour: the Wall (la Muralla), the Gate of Justice (Puerta de la Justicia), the Arab House (Casa Arabe), Callejón del Guindo, pond and ruins of the Palace of Jusuf I and the Infants’ Tower (Torre de las Infantas).

Targeted levels

This proposal is aimed to kindergarten, First and Second cycle of Primary school.

To request the visit: call 958 57 51 26

Index of teaching material

Let’s visit the Alhambra

• The Alhambra, a walled city
• The Alhambra tells us about the past
• Attitudes and behaviours during the visit

We prepare the visit in class

• Introduction to the language of plans
• Reading of images

Plan of the tour and contents

• The wall of the Alhambra
  • The wall from the outside
  • How the wall was constructed: materials
  • The wall from the inside
• We enter the Alhambra: the Gate of Justice (Puerta de la Justicia)
  • What was the use of this gate?
  • A different gate
  • A decorated gate
  • The horseshoe arc
  • A gate thought for the defense
• The Muslim house
  • Imagine how it was
  • The plant
  • The court: size and position
  • The pond: size and position
  • The rooms of the house
• The streets and roads of the Alhambra
  • Analysis of a street
  • Other ruins and gardens
  • The rest of an old palace
  • The Infants’ Tower (Torre de las Infantas)
  • The tower from the outside
  • The tower from the inside
  • An original window
  • Decoration and materials: wood, marble, stucco, ceramics
  • Decoration patterns and motifs: geometric, epigraphic, vegetal
  • We look at the socle
  • We learn new words
    

Activities to continue working in class

• We work with photos
• We visit other buildings
• Forms and volumes
• Light and colours
• We play with the tiling

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 The city of the Alhambra