10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALCAICERIA»
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1
The Legacy of Muslim Spain
The Alcaiceria constituted a distinct urban nucleus with a complete autonomy:
besides being physically isolated, with gates admitting to the interior, it had three
squares, two mosques, clubs (andiya) for guild members, warehouses, and no ...
Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Manuela Marín, 1992
2
Muslim Spain: 0711-1492 A.D.
There were also daily and periodical markets. Al-Qaysariyyah (Sp. alcaiceria)
was an institution of commerce, where trade, specially in silk and sometimes in
other textile goous and precious articles like gold and silver, was carried on daily.
3
Route of Washington Irving: From Seville to Granada
The Cathedral and La Alcaiceria the Nasrids, the meaning of which is clothes
market and it communicates with the AlcaicerIa, once a closed street, which
housed the silk exchange and now occupied by shops selling handicrafts and
souvenirs ...
84-8176-322-5, Sevilla Equipo 28, 2000
4
From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in ...
Merchants sold the finished product in Granada's famous silk market, the
Alcaiceria. Located in the lower city, adjacent to the Zacatin, the Alcaiceria was a
warren of small shops that served as a clearinghouse for woven silks of all kinds.
5
Walking Tours of Zacatecas
One block along this street you come to an intersecting street with a tunnel
entrance, this is La Alcaiceria de Gomez Street. (Alcaiceria, in Islam, is a street or
a neighborhood dedicated to the sale of raw silk or yard goods.) Legend has it
that.
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3 Centuries of Binondo Architecture, 1594-1898
A work of secular architecture was the Real Alcaiceria de San Fernando, or the
silk-market built on San Fernando Street in Binondo. It can be considered that the
Alcaiceria de San Fernando was the first formal customhouse of the Spanish ...
Lorelei D. C. De Viana, 2001
7
Architecture, City, Environment: Proceedings of PLEA 2000 : ...
XI century A.D. During the Moslem occupation, it is constituted as an alcaiceria (
silk market) due to the influence of the Ad Abbas mosque (the present Church of
El Salvador). 1771. After the Rcconquest of Seville (1248). meat and vegetables
...
Koen Steemers, Simos Yannas, 2000
8
Conquest of Granada: From the Manuscript of Fray Antonio Aqapida
They were to set fire to the Alcaiceria and other principal edifices, and then effect
their retreat as best they might. At the hour appointed the adventurous troops set
forth provided with combustibles. The renegade led them silently to a drain or ...
9
Historic Tales (First 14 Volumes of 15)
Once within, they were to set fire to the Alcaiceria and others of the principal
buildings, and then escape as best they could. At dead of night they set out,
provided with the necessary combustibles. Their guide led them up a channel of
the river ...
10
Route of the Caliphate: From Cordova to Granada
The Archbishop's Palace backs on to this square, and so does the Alcaiceria,
once the silk exchange and now the market for local crafts. A fire burnt it all down
in 1843, but it was rebuilt later on. The Madraza, school of Arabic studies, stood
in ...
Itinéraire Cultural des Almoravides et des Almohades., Sevilla Equipo 28, 1999
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALCAICERIA»
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alcaiceria is used in the context of the following news items.
The grandeur of Granada
Opposite the cathedral is Alcaiceria, wander around the streets lined with shops selling lamps, rugs, aromatic tea and leather bags. Even if ... «The Hindu, Apr 14»
Andalucia puts on a spectacular show: Tour round southern Spain's …
The two monarchs are entombed in the Royal Chapel in the cathedral near the city's old souk streets of Alcaiceria where I buy silver bracelets ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 14»
Granada: Two Friends in Andalusia, Part 3
... I had it everyday I was there -- and continued on to see the Madraza (the old Muslim University), the Alcaiceria (the Islamic-era silk exchange) ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
Granada, Spain: guide to visiting the Alhambra
Across the street, the Alcaiceria, home to a craft market and souvenir shops, has kept the carved arcades of the Arab souk, though most of it ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 12»
