Course: MOOC La Alhambra y la Granada Andalusí. 6ª Edición

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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- Bienvenidos/as al MOOC La Alhambra y la Granada Andalusí. 2ª Edición. Oficialmente os encontráis matriculados en este curso. Podéis ver la secuencia y duración del mismo en el calendario, que está disponible a la derecha de esta página.
  El MOOC está estructurado en módulos de gran interés cultural y social. Sus contenidos se expondrán en una serie de cápsulas de vídeo en las que cada experto irá narrando su tema apoyandose en atractivos recursos diseñados para este curso.
  El MOOC comienza el día 18/04/2022 y finaliza en día 16/06/2022.
- INFORMACIÓN GENERAL
  (Leed detenidamente toda la información de este bloque, es muy importante que tengáis todas las dudas resueltas antes de comenzar oficialmente el curso, os animamos además a que visualicéis el Calendario de la derecha para tener claras las fechas en las que se desarrollará el MOOC)
- Welcome and presentation Page
MODULE 1. Introduction to Islamic Granada
Video length: 47 seconds

Rafael López Gúzman, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 1.1. Al Ándalus and Granada
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 13 seconds
  
  José Miguel Puerta Víchez, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Granada.
- 1.1. Al-Andalus and Granada File
- 1.2. Granada, capital of the Zirid Taifa
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 32 seconds
  
  Bilal Sarr, Department of Medieval History and Sciencie and Historiographic at the University of Granada.
- 1.2. Granada, capital of the Zirid Taifa File
- 1.3. The Nasrid kingdom
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 12 seconds
  
  Bárbara Boloix Gallardo, Department of Semetic Studies at the University of Granada.
- 1.3. The Nasrid Kingdom File
- Module 1 References
- Module 1 References File
- Module 1 discussion forum
- Module 1 discussion forum
- Module 1 Questionnaire (mandatory)
- Module 1 Questionnaire Quiz
  
  Receive a grade Receive a passing grade
  
  Opened: Friday, 24 October 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
MODULE 2. The Urban Fabric
Video length: 41 seconds

Rafael López Gúzman, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 2.1. The Urban Structure of Andalusi Granada
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 12 seconds
  
  Ángel Rodríguez Aguilera, Archeologist in Gespad Ál-Andalus.
- 2.1. The Urban Structure of Andalusi Granada File
- 2.2. The Defensive System of Islamic Granada
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 12 seconds
  
  Ángel Rodríguez Aguilera, Archeologist in Gespad Ál-Andalus.
- 2.2. The Defensive System of Islamic Granada File
- 2.3. Hydraulic infraestructure
  
  Video length: 4 minutes, 52 seconds
  
  Luis José García Pulido, School of Arabic Studies (CSIC).
- 2.3. Hydraulic infraestructure File
- 2.4. Mosques and their urban distribution
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 56 seconds
  
  Dolores Villalba Sola, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 2.4. Mosques and their urban distribution File
- 2.5. Funerary rite. Cementries
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 12 seconds
  
  Alberto García Porras, Department of Medieval History and Sciencie and Histographic Techniques at the University of Granada.
- 2.5. Funerary rites. Cementries File
- 2.6. Markets and Alhondigas
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 13 seconds
  
  Adela Fábregas García, Department of Medieval History and Science and Histographic Techniques at the University of Granada.
- 2.6. Markets and alhondigas File
- 2.7. The Almunias of the City of Granada
  
  Video length: 4 minutes, 41 seconds
  
  Julio Navarro Palazón, School of Arabic Studies (CSIC).
- 2.7. The almunias of the city of Granada File
- Module 2 References
- Module 2 References File
- Module 2 discussion forum
- Module 2 discussion forum
- Module 2 Questionnaire (mandatory)
- Module 2 Questionnaire Quiz
  
  Opened: Friday, 31 October 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  Not available unless: The activity Module 1 Questionnaire is complete and passed
MODULE 3. Architecture and daily life
Video length: 35 seconds

Rafael López Gúzman, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 3.1. Living in Granada. Gender, class and ethnic and religious groups
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 50 seconds
  
  Bárbara Boloix Gallardo, Department of Semitic Studies at the University of Granada.
- 3.1. Living in Granada. Gender, class and ethnic and religious groups File
- 3.2. City homes and palades
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 56 seconds
  
  Antonio Orihuela Uzal, School of Arabic Studies (CSIC).
- 3.2. City Homes and Palades File
- 3.3. Andalusí baths in Granada
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 50 seconds
  
  Carlos Vílchez Vílchez, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 3.3. Andalusí baths in Granada File
- 3.4. The Nasrid Madrasa of Granada
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 50 seconds
  
  María Elena Díez Jorge, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 3.4. The Nasrid Madrasa of Granada File
- 3.5. The Maristán and its recovery
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 15 seconds
  
  Pedro Salmerón Escobar, Architect.
- 3.5. The Maristán and its recovery File
- 3.6. Household items
  
  Video length: 4 minutes, 5 seconds
  
  Silvia Pérez López, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 3.6. Household items File
- Module 3 References
- Module 3 References File
- Module 3 discussion forum
- Module 3 discussion forum
- Module 3 Questionnaire (mandatory)
- Module 3 Questionnaire Quiz
  Opened: Friday, 7 November 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  Not available unless:
  
  The activity Module 1 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 2 Questionnaire is complete and passed
MODULE 4. The Alhambra. Structure and Architecture
Video length: 1 minutes, 9 seconds

Jesús Bermúdez López, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 4.1. The City of Alhambra
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 7 seconds
  
  Jesús Bermúdez López, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 4.1. The city of Alhambra File
- 4.2. The Streets and gates
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 13 seconds
  
  José Manuel Gómez-Moreno Caler, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 4.2. Streets and gates File
- 4.3. The defensive system
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 51 seconds
  
  Juan Antonio Vilar Sánchez, Doctor in History.
- 4.3. The defensive system File
- 4.4. Hydraulic infraestructure
  
  Video length: 4 minutes, 38 seconds
  
  María Cullel Muro, Technical architect and restoration.
- 4.4. Hydraulic infraestructure File
- 4.5. The Palaces
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 17 seconds
  
  Antonio Orihuela Uzal, School of Arabic Studies (CSIC).
- 4.5. The palaces File
- 4.6. The baths of Alhambra
  
  Video length: 5 minutes, 13 seconds
  
  Carlos Vílchez Vílchez, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 4.6. The baths File
- 4.7. Religious Spaces
  
  Video length: 2 minutes, 14 seconds
  
  Virgilio Martínez Enamorado, Department of Didactics of Social Sciences at the University of Málaga.
- 4.7. Religious spaces File
- 4.8. The services buildings
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 1 second
  
  Fernando Martínez Ávila, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 4.8. The services buildings File
- 4.9. Ornamental gardes, horticulture and tress
  
  Video length: 2 minutes, 48 seconds
  
  Rafael de la Cruz Márquez, Andalusia Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development at the Junta de Andalucía.
- 4.9. Ornamental gardens, horticulture and tress File
- 4.10. The Alhambra and archaeology
  
  Video length: 4 minutes, 31 seconds
  
  Antonio Malpica Cuello, Department of Medieval History and Historiographic Sciences and Techniques at the University of Granada.
- 4.10. The Alhambra and archaeology File
- Module 4 References
- Modulo 4 References File
- Module 4 Discussion forum
- Module 4 discussion forum
- Module 1 Questionnaire (mandatory)
- Module 4 Questionnaire Quiz
  Opened: Friday, 14 November 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  Not available unless:
  
  The activity Module 1 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 2 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 3 Questionnaire is complete and passed
MODULE 5. The Aesthetic of the Alhambra
Video length: 47 seconds

José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 5.1. The materials of the Alhambra
  
  Video length: 4 minutes, 3 seconds
  
  Francisco Lamolda Álvarez, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 5.1. The materiales of the Alhambra File
- 5.2. Calligraphy and poets in the Alhambra
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 46 seconds
  
  José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 5.2. Calligraphy and poets in the Alhambra File
- 5.3. Wooden doors and frames
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 7 seconds
  
  Gloria Aljazairi López, Restorer.
- 5.3. Wooden doors and frames File
- 5.4. The garden of the Alhambra
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 30 seconds
  
  José Tito Rojo, Department of Botany at the University of Granada.
- 5.4. The garden of the Alhambra File
- 5.5. The water in the Alhambra
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 3 seconds
  
  María Cullel Mur, Technical Architect and Restorer.
- 5.5. The water in the Alhambra File
- 5.6. Plasterwork and muqarnas domes
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 9 seconds
  
  Ramón Rubio Domene, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife.
- 5.6. Plasterwork and muqarnas domes File
- 5.7. Light in the Alhambra
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 26 seconds
  
  Antonio Cayuelas Porras, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife.
- 5.7. Light in the Alhambra File
- 5.8. Geometry in Nasrid architecture
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 12 seconds
  
  Rafael Pérez Gómez, Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Granada.
- 5.8. Geometry in Nasrid architecture File
- Module 5 References
- Module 5 References File
- Module 5 Discussion forum
- Module 5 discussion forum
- Module 5 Questionnaire (mandatory)
- Module 5 Questionnaire Quiz
  Opened: Friday, 21 November 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  Not available unless:
  
  The activity Module 1 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 2 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 3 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 4 Questionnaire is complete and passed ...
  
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MODULE 6. Life in the Alhambra

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Video length: 1 minutes, 18 seconds

María Elena Díez Jorge, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 6.1. Who lived in the Alhambra?
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 11 seconds
  
  José Manuel Gómez Moreno, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 6.1. Who lived in the Alhambra? File
- 6.2. Government activities
  
  Video length: 2 minutes, 51 seconds
  
  Francisco Vidal Castro, Department of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Jaén.
- 6.2. Government activities File
- 6.3. Official receptions, festivities and celebrations
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 27 seconds
  
  José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada..
- 6.3. Official receptions, festivities and celebrations File
- 6.4. Everyday life at court
  
  Video length: 2 minutes, 40 seconds
  
  Purificación Marinetto Sánchez, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 6.4. Everyday life at court File
- 6.5. Male and female spaces
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 26 seconds
  
  María Elena Díez Jorge, Department of History of Art at the University of Granada.
- 6.5. Male and female spaces File
- 6.6. Houses and homes
  
  Video length: 3 minutes, 21 seconds
  
  Antonio Orihuela Uzal, School of Arabic Studies (CSIC).
- 6.6. Houses and homes File
- 6.7. Everyday life in the medina
  
  Video length: 2 minutes, 37 seconds
  
  Silvia Pérez López, Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and the Generalife.
- 6.7. Everyday life in the medina File
- Module 6 References
- Module 6 References File
- Module 6 Discussion forum
- Module 6 discussion forum
- Module 6 Questionnaire (mandatory)
- Module 6 Questionnaire Quiz
  Opened: Friday, 28 November 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  Not available unless:
  
  The activity Module 1 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 2 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 3 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 4 Questionnaire is complete and passed ...
  
  The activity Module 5 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
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GLOSSARY
- Glossary
FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE, PREPAID QUESTIONNAIRE (MANDATORY) AND SATISFACTION SURVEY
In order to successfully pass the MOOC The Alhambra and Granada in the al-Andalus Period, you must have completed the evaluation questionnaires corresponding to each of the modules that will be opened progressively each week.

The Final Questionnaire, Prepaid Questionnaire and Satisfaction survey are an essential requirement to be able to pass it and be able to obtain the Final Badge of the MOOC that will give way to obtaining the Official Certificate (previous payment of the corresponding fees)
- Final Questionnaire Quiz
  Opened: Monday, 1 December 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  Not available unless:
  
  The activity Module 1 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 2 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 3 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 4 Questionnaire is complete and passed ...
  
  The activity Module 5 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
  The activity Module 6 Questionnaire is complete and passed
  
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- Prepaid Questionnaire Quiz
  
  Opened: Monday, 1 December 2025, 9:00 AM
  
  Closes: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 11:59 PM
  
  This questionnaire is designed to ensure that it is clear what should be done once the amount of the Certificate has been paid, in order to avoid future incidents.
  
  Not available unless: The activity Final Questionnaire is complete and passed
RESOURCES
- Course guide File
- Mapa de la Granada Andalusí URL
- Announcements Forum
  
  In this FORUM, News and Relevant Information of the MOOC will be published. Only teachers and tutors/facilitators will be able to write on it.
- Canteen Forum
- Information Certificate File

MOOC La Alhambra y la Granada Andalusí. 6ª Edición

Topic outline

GENERAL INFORMATION

INFORMACIÓN GENERAL

(Leed detenidamente toda la información de este bloque, es muy importante que tengáis todas las dudas resueltas antes de comenzar oficialmente el curso, os animamos además a que visualicéis el Calendario de la derecha para tener claras las fechas en las que se desarrollará el MOOC)

MODULE 1. Introduction to Islamic Granada

1.1. Al Ándalus and Granada

1.2. Granada, capital of the Zirid Taifa

1.3. The Nasrid kingdom

Module 1 References

Module 1 discussion forum

Module 1 Questionnaire (mandatory)

MODULE 2. The Urban Fabric

2.1. The Urban Structure of Andalusi Granada

2.2. The Defensive System of Islamic Granada

2.3. Hydraulic infraestructure

2.4. Mosques and their urban distribution

2.5. Funerary rite. Cementries

2.6. Markets and Alhondigas

2.7. The Almunias of the City of Granada

Module 2 References

Module 2 discussion forum

Module 2 Questionnaire (mandatory)

MODULE 3. Architecture and daily life

3.1. Living in Granada. Gender, class and ethnic and religious groups

3.2. City homes and palades

3.3. Andalusí baths in Granada

3.4. The Nasrid Madrasa of Granada

3.5. The Maristán and its recovery

3.6. Household items

Module 3 References

Module 3 References

Module 3 discussion forum

Module 3 Questionnaire (mandatory)

MODULE 4. The Alhambra. Structure and Architecture

4.1. The City of Alhambra

4.2. The Streets and gates

4.3. The defensive system

4.4. Hydraulic infraestructure

4.5. The Palaces

4.6. The baths of Alhambra

4.7. Religious Spaces

4.8. The services buildings

4.9. Ornamental gardes, horticulture and tress

4.10. The Alhambra and archaeology

Module 4 References

Module 4 Discussion forum

Module 1 Questionnaire (mandatory)

MODULE 5. The Aesthetic of the Alhambra

5.1. The materials of the Alhambra

5.2. Calligraphy and poets in the Alhambra

5.3. Wooden doors and frames

5.4. The garden of the Alhambra

5.5. The water in the Alhambra

5.6. Plasterwork and muqarnas domes

5.7. Light in the Alhambra

5.8. Geometry in Nasrid architecture

Module 5 References

Module 5 Discussion forum

Module 5 Questionnaire (mandatory)

MODULE 6. Life in the Alhambra

6.1. Who lived in the Alhambra?

6.2. Government activities

6.3. Official receptions, festivities and celebrations

6.4. Everyday life at court

6.5. Male and female spaces

6.6. Houses and homes

6.7. Everyday life in the medina

Module 6 References

Module 6 Discussion forum

Module 6 Questionnaire (mandatory)

GLOSSARY

FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE, PREPAID QUESTIONNAIRE (MANDATORY) AND SATISFACTION SURVEY

RESOURCES

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Sierra Nevada. 8ª Edición

MOOC Flamenco. 5ª Edición

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