ALHAMBRA IS GREEN

Trees of the Alhambra have been threatened for years by the DED. In years 90 2,000 trees from this pest have been gradually sustuido by other species were lost mainly

The entire set of vegetation acts lung and carbon monoxide filter, thus protecting the monument from pollution, which in recent years has been reduced by the restrictions suffered traffic at the bottom. All this makes possible the existence of a microclimate conditions of humidity, temperature and luminusidad that the forest has changed, and these are much lower than those that would apply to the area without the presence of vegetation. But the exuberance of the forest would not be possible without water, in the monumental set is not only an aesthetic but essential for the survival of all vegetation sense and therefore the monument. Fountains, waterworks, streams, and even channeling groundwater is essential for the protection of all forest monument set

Sustanaible route around Nazari Palaces, Alhambra, Granada

Nazari Palaces are a palace complex, the residence of the kings of Granada. It beings to build Alhamar founder of the dynasty in the XIII century. These palaces enclosed within its walls refinement and the delicacy of the last Hispano-Arab governors of Al-Andalus, the Nazari. Three palaces form this complex:
  -The Mexuar
  -The Palace of Comares, or of Yusuf I
  -The Palace of the Lions, or of Mohammed V

We are going to enter leaving the left the "Patio de Machuca" towards Mexuar room, by which we enter them under a beautiful home build by Muhammad V. Then we eill see the small Patio Mexuar (also known as Fourth Gold), which served as liaison between the palace and Comares.
                                                   

Through a corridor, we reach to "Patio de los Arrayanes o de Comares" where we can enjoy the vegetation anround it, and then we get to the "Salón de los Embajadores" where the throne of the emir was. 

Finally, through a side door of the courtyard and a narrow and beautiful corridor, we reach the new Moorish palace: "Patio o Palacio de los Leones", the private residence of the emir whose quarters the royal harem was.

Opinion Essay about our travel in Trento

Our exchange to Trento, Italy, was a great experience, and we are grateful to the institute and to the European Project for making this activity possible. We had been living with italian students, sharing their houses, sometimes their own bed-room, and learning a new lifestyle with other customs a little bit different from Spain. 

First of all, respect to the tourist visits, many people think that there were many days which we are "alone" in some places and we didn't take advantage of the time. It is clear that maybe some days we saw few things and we had overly free time, but during that time we always enjoyed all the moments spending time with our italian friends, and taking photos with them. In my opinon, not everything is meassured in the amount of places you visit per day, but rather to appreciate what you are visiting, and whatever you do and enjoy the trip beeing with your mates. 

I disagree with the organisation of the travel, because teachers told us that one day we had to do something and inmediately, they changed their decision, so it was big problem because some days we did not know what we were going to do. In addition, we were one day in their high school, and it was boring because we did not nothing.

In conclusion, we believe that the experiencie was amazing, we share great experiences with italians and with their families and also we have de oportunity to see very beautiful and ecological places, and also the opportunity to know a autonomical city. 

NATURAL SCIENCES'S MUSEUM AND GIANNI CAPRONI AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM TRENTO.

In 1964 the Museum of Natural Sciences, administratively linked to the autonomous province of Trento, that from 1982 moved its headquarters in Sardagna set.
During the nineties and 2000, the museum is modernizing the organization of interactive exhibits and conduct research. In this phase also the museum expands incorporating other facilities located in the Province of Trento as the Alpine Botanical Garden and the Terrace of the stars, in the Monte Bondone, the museum of piles of Lake Ledro, the Aviation Museum Gianni Caproni, the Geological Museum of the Dolomites in Predazzo and limnological station lake Tovel. In 2006, moreover, the museum in the center of Tanzania established ecological monitoring and environmental education Udzungwa located within the Udzungwa National Park.


On 27 and 28 July 2013, the new headquarters opened the museum named after Muse - Science Museum in less than eleven months after its opening, has reached the threshold of 500 000 visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in Italy.
The building, designed by internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano.


The building was built according to the techniques that ensure energy conservation and environmental sustainability, which earned him the recognition of the LEED gold certification

The Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum, founded by the Trentino aviation pioneer Gianni Caproni, exposes the first aviation collection in the world, formed in the twenties of the twentieth century. Since its early years, Gianni Caproni decided to keep within its workshops some of his most important planes, instead of proceeding to their disposal and re-use of materials for other buildings.
This choice, in 1927, he developed the foundation of the Museum. Reopened at Trent in 1992 and subsequently inserted in the network of science museums belonging to the MUSE-Science Museum at the Museum Gianni Caproni it works to promote the dissemination of historical and aeronautical culture at all audiences, with permanent exhibitions and temporary, educational activities for schools, cultural activities offered to the public, the scientific publishing.

Castello del Buonconsiglio

It is a castle located in the center of the italian city of Trento, in the Trentino-Alto Adige. Currently it is converted in an historical museum. In the castle was the residence of the prince-bishops. It has an unique original nucleus of the XIII century and next to that is found the Great Tower. It was overhauled in 1475 with Venetian Gothic style. There are also cells of soldiers who fought for Italy in First World War, and they were shot in the castle moat. They stand on the Eagle Tower the fresh named "Twelve Months" international Gothic of the XV century.

 

Catedrale di San Vigilio (Duomo)

Better known as "Duomo" or "Catedrale di Trento" is dedicated to San Vigilio, patron of the city.
It is an imposing Romanesque-Gothic building built between the XII-XIII centuries. It is accompanied by a bell tower built in the XVI century. There are funerary monuments and remainis of the frescoes in the XII and XV centuries in the trasepts. In the crypt remains on the early Christian basilica of the VI century and the subsequent restructuring during IX and XII centuries.
It became important during the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563, where the Counter was supported. It was the time of Prince Bishops, as Cristoforo Madruzzo.

Palazzo delle Albere

Alvear Palace is a villa-fortress built in the XVI century by the Prince Bishops Madruzzo Trento.
The building is named after the double row of poplars that in the past, were lined up along the avenue leading from the city to the village, through the "arc of the trhee doors" at the entrance of the road.
The building is square, with four towers at the corners of 6 square meters wide and 20 meters high, and is surrounded by a moat.
In the center of the roof it was present originally a small square tower now destroyed. Even many frescos of the palace were lost.

Monuments and Museums in Trento, Italy

In this part of our blog, we are going to show you some cultural interesting places of our next destiny, Trento.