![]() ![]() To his surprise, he discovered that the tower was inhabited by a young lady, Jacinta. So he decided to investigate the tower’s surroundings and find an entrance. Ruiz tried every way possible to get up on one of the high walls were his falcon was, but it was no easy job. He distractedly took one of the court’s falcons for a walk through the Generalife’s gardens and its various areas filled with flora and fauna, when, in an attempt to hunt, the falcon escaped and then went to perch atop the walls of The Infant’s Tower. ![]() One of the pages accompanying the monarchs, Ruiz de Alarcón, was the favourite of Queen Isabella. The Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra takes us back to the time of Philip IV of Spain, when the court moved for a period of time to Granada. The tower had been left uninhabited, due to superstitions held by the inhabitants of the fortress, since it was rumoured that in the past the Princess Zorahayda had breathed her last breath in the tower. The Alhambra in the 18th century had poorly kept gardens in addition to abandoned buildings. The backdrop for the legend is The Infant’s Tower. The Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra, one of the stories to be found in Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving. Today we’d like to share one of the Alhambra’s most fascinating legends with you. ![]()
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