Hall of the Abencerrajes

A place like the Alhambra had to have a whole series of legends, myths, tales that exaggerate the spell it propagates. In the Hall of Abencerrages we find various reasons to why it is one of the most magical rooms of the monumental complex.

Apparently, a number of important families ve had the Sultan's favour used to live in La Medina, one of them was the house of the Abencerrages. When another Palatino family decided to end this royal sympathy, word was spread that one of the main members had a secret relation with the Sultan's favourite (a deeply rooted legend in the Generalife, we will run into it again in the Patio de los Cipreses), as a result, 36 of the warring Abencerrages were beheaded and all Sultan's favours stopped.