Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject: Granada, Al-Andalus
While it no longer is a muslim majority country, I would anyway like to start with Al-Andalus as it has significant meaning to european muslims.
Granada (Gharnata) is now mostly famous for Alhambra (Qalat al hamra, red fortress), the palace of Naziri kings, the last muslim rulers in Iberian peninsula. One of the architectural wonders of the world, Alhambra is the most visited monument in all Spain.
On the neghboring hill is the Albaicin quarter that retains its original andalusi plan with narrow streets, and these days tourist shops where you can buy carpets, galabiya, hijab... and felafel&co shops On top of the hill there is the only mosque in EU where adhan is called publicly. La mezqita mayor, as it is called in spanish, was started in 1980, when a parcel suitable for construction of a mosque was bought by spanish reverts to islam (who number about 1500 in the city). Due to administrative obstacles its construction took long time, but in 2003 it was completed and put ito service, alhamdolillah.
You can get a modest clean room in Granada for two for ca 30 EUR in the area between Gran via and Albaicin.
The best way to get there is from Treviso (Venice), 250 km from Ljubljana, where you can get cheap Ryanair filghts to Malaga and/or Sevilla. From there you can get to Granada by bus (1.5 hr from Malaga, see www.alsa.es) or by bus or train (www.renfe.es) from Sevilla (3 hr). If there is several of you then consider renting a car. If you have time in Malaga you can visit Gibralfaro, one of the last muslim strongholds in Spain. In Sevilla visit Alcazares reales (king's palace) and see La Giralda (once a minaret) - and by all means stop in Cordoba on the way!
And something extra for Slovenians : the highest peak of and Al-Andalus (at 3479 m) is located just south from Granada. It's name Mulhacen is derived from the name of the penultimate king of Granada (Mulay Hasan). The road takes you to the ski centre at the altitude 2500 m, but it is still a long walk from there. You can (and practically must) do it in one day but make sure that you are fit and take enough water and food as none is available on the way. There are many places to stay along the road that leads from Granada to ski center and beautiful landscape lies all around, subhanallah.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: Granada, Al-Andalus (slovenščina)
Čeprav ni več dežela z muslimansko večino, bi vseeno začel z Al-Andalus, zaradi pomena, ki ga ima za evropske muslimane.
Granada (Gharnata) ja najbolj poznana po Alhambri (Qalat al hamra, rdeče trdnjava), palači Nasridskih kraljev, ki so bili poslednji msulimanski vladarji na iberskem polotoku. Alhambra je eno od arhitekturnih čudes sveta in najbolj obiskan zgodovinski spomenik v Španiji.
Na sosednjem hribu je četrt Albaicin, ki je ohranila originalno zasnovo z ozkimi ulicami. Danes je v njej veliko trgovinic s spominki, kjer lahko kupite tudi preproge, ter muslimanska oblačila za moške in ženske... in restavracij kjer imajo felafel ipd na vrhu hriba je edina mošeja v EU, iz katere lahko javno predvajajo klic k molitvi. La mezqita mayor, kot je njeno ime v španščini, ima svoj začetek leta 1980. Tedaj so Španci, ki so sprejeli islam (v Granadi jih je okoli 1500), kupili parcelo, primerno za gradnjo mošeje. Zaradi spremembe zazidalnega načta in drugih administrativnih ovir se je njena gradnja zavlekla, a je bila leta 2003 vendarle odprta, alhamdolillah.
Še nekaj praktičnih napotkov. Skromno čisto sobo za dva dobite v Granadi za ca 30 EUR, na območju med glavno ulico Gran via in Albaicin-om.
Tja je najugodneje potovati iz Trevisa (drugo letališe od Benetk), 250 km od Ljubljane. Od tam leti Ryanair v Malago in/ali Sevillo. Nato greste v Granado z avtobusom (1.5 ure iz Malage, see www.alsa.es) ali z busom ali vlakom (www.renfe.es) iz Seville (3 ure). Če vas je več se splača najeti avtomobil. Če vam ostane kaj časa v Malagi si lahko ogledate Gibralfaro, ki je bil ena zadnjih utrdb španskih muslimanov. V Sevilli so zanimivi Alcazares reales (kraljeva palača) in stolp La Giralda (nekoč minaret) - in se, če le morete, ustavite na poti v Cordobi!
Pa še obvezno obvestilo za Slovence : najvišji vrh v Al-Andalus (ki je visok 3479 m) se nahaja le malo južno od Granade. Njegovo ime Mulhacen izvira iz imena predzadnjega kralja Granade (Mulaj Hasan). Po cesti se vzpnete do višine 2500 m, kjer je smučarsko središče. Vendar je pot do vrha še vedno dolga. Možno in skoraj nujno jo je opraviti v enem dnevu, saj na poti ni koč; bodite v primerni kondiciji in vzemite dovolj vode in hrane in seveda zaščito pred soncem. Na cesti med Granado in smučarskim središčem je dosti prenočišč, okrog katerih je prečudovita narava, subhanallah.
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On top of the hill there is the only mosque in EU where adhan is called publicly. La mezqita mayor, as it is called in spanish, was started in 1980, when a parcel suitable for construction of a mosque was bought by spanish reverts to islam (who number about 1500 in the city). Due to administrative obstacles its construction took long time, but in 2003 it was completed and put ito service, alhamdolillah.
