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Water Tower, Alhambra

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Water Tower, Alhambra

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Water Tower, Alhambra

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Location: Grenade, Comarca de la Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

June 19, 2023

It is one of the largest towers in the Alhambra, located in the southwest corner of the wall near the current main access to the enclosure.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

June 17, 2023

The Water Tower (Torre del Agua) is so named because it stands next to the aqueduct that carries water from the Generalife to the Alhambra.

All that remains of this large, three-story, undecorated tower is ruins, having been blown up by Napoleon's troops like the tower at the end of the street in 1812.

The rest of the Alhambra escaped this fate thanks to the disabled corporal José García, who cut the flaming fuses between the tower at the end of the street and the infantry tower.
Source and more info
google.com/amp/s/www.alhambradegranada.org/de/amp-info/turmeundoberealhambra/wasserturm.html

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Atti

August 11, 2024

We took the public bus from Capileira to Granada. Then we walked about 5 km from the bus station to the Alhambra. We took the same route back. You can see a lot of the city on foot, especially the city center.

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Location: Grenade, Comarca de la Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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