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[[File:Sacromonte Nasrid wall Granada Spain.jpg|thumb|right|View of the Sacromonte from the [[Alhambra]].]]
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[[File:Granada 2005 003.jpg|thumb|right||From Sacromonte one can see [[Alhambra]] to the left and [[Albayzín]] to the right.]]
[[File:Barrio Sacromonte (Granada).png|thumb|right|Location of the neighborhood of Sacromonte in Granada.]]
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[[Image:Sacromonte 01.JPG|thumb|282px|View of Sacromonte.]]
'''Sacromonte''' is a neighbourhood of [[Granada]], in [[Spain]]. It derives its name from the nearby [[Sacromonte Abbey]], which was founded in 1600 on the hill of Valparaiso outside the old city, and is built over [[catacombs]] (originally mine workings of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] date).
'''Sacromonte''', sometimes also called '''Sacramonte''' is a traditional [[neighbourhood]] of the eastern area of the city of [[Granada]] in [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]]. It is one of the six neighbourhoods that make up the urban district [[Albayzín]] and limits with the neighbourhoods of Albayzín, San Pedro, {{ilc|Realejo-San Matías||Realejo (Granada)}}, El Fargue and Haza Grande. In 2009 had 578 inhabitants.<ref name=pop />


It is located on the hill and valley of Valparaíso, in front of the [[Alhambra]], emblematic places of Granada, occupying both banks of the [[Darro River]], whose name seems to derive the phrase ''"D'auro"'' ("of [[gold]]") for its famous gold-bearing sediments.
The slopes of the hill form the traditional [[Gitanos|gitano]] quarter of the city; and on the Sunday following 1 February each year, are also the location of the [[festival|Fiesta of San Cecilio]], when large crowds gather to celebrate the city's first bishop and Granada's [[patron saint]], [[Caecilius of Elvira]] (San Cecilio). The fiesta and abbey act as key instruments for the preservation, propagation and dissemination of the pious legend of Saint Caecilius, by which the city of Granada in the 17th century sought to redefine its historic identity, replacing its [[Morisco|Moorish]] past with fabricated (or re-discovered) accounts of [[Christian]] origins.
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[[File:Abadía del Sacromonte III.JPG|thumb|left|Abbey of Sacromonte]]
The legend states that the catacombs are the site of Saint Caecilius's martyrdom, and the abbey preserves the supposed [[relic]]s of Caecilius and eleven other saints' bones, ashes and the oven in which they were believed to have been burned. It also possesses the inscribed lead plaques and books that were found with the supposed relics, but which were subsequently officially dismissed as forgeries. These are known as the [[Lead Books of Sacromonte]].


It is the traditional neighborhood of the Granadian [[Gipsy|Gipsies]], who settled in Granada after the [[Granada War|Christian conquest]] of the city in 1492. It is one of the most picturesque neighborhoods of the city, by the landscape and its [[cave]] houses, installed in [[Calcium oxide|whitewashed]] [[cave]]s that serve as housing, where it hear torn touches of [[guitar]]s ''cantes'' and ''quejíos'' (Andalusian traditional sings), that accompany the ''[[zambra]]s'' (gypsy traditional dances of [[flamenco]]), which became one of the tourist reclamations most renowned of Granada.<ref name=gg1 />
The [[Morisco]] population of Granada had been expelled to other parts of Spain following the [[Morisco Revolt]] of 1568 (except for those few trusted Moriscos who had served in the royal forces, and who were permitted to remain in the old Moorish quarter of Albaicin adjacent to Valparaiso). By the 19th century, the area had become home to a substantial [[Romani people in Spain|Gitano]] community, who built their homes in caves excavated from the soft rock of the hillside. The area became famous for [[Flamenco]] music and dancing, but major floods and forced evacuations in the 1960s left the neighborhood population dramatically reduced. Since the early 1990s, however, the area has slowly become developed as a tourist attraction, and as a centre of Gitano culture.

The gypsies of Sacromonte have a [[dialect]] itself, the "Calé", which is currently very little used, derived, according to tradition, from the [[India]], where also have been the gypsies who arrived in Spain in 15th century after wade through Europe and Africa. The Gypsies of Sacromonte were portrayed by the poet [[Federico García Lorca]] in his book of poems ''[[Romancero Gitano]]''.<ref name=mus1 />

== Etymology ==
The neighborhood owes its name to the episode occurred between 1595 and 1599 on the hill of Valparaíso: the alleged discovery of [[relic]]s and the so-called ''[[Lead Books of Sacromonte|lead books]]'' or "lead books the Sacromonte" with indecipherable drawings, texts in [[Latin]] and [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic characters]] that came to be interpreted as the fifth [[gospel]]. These findings were declared a forgery in the 17th century, but led to the construction of the [[Abbey of Sacromonte]],<ref name=cec1 /><ref name=cec2 /> where today are the false relics of [[Caecilius of Elvira|Saint Caecilius]], co-patron of Granada and the lead books.<ref name=mus1 />

==Fiestas==
*Pilgrimage of Saint Cecilio, on the first Sunday of January.<ref name=id20080128 />

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 05:45, 7 June 2016

View of the Sacromonte from the Alhambra.
Location of the neighborhood of Sacromonte in Granada.
View of Sacromonte.

Sacromonte, sometimes also called Sacramonte is a traditional neighbourhood of the eastern area of the city of Granada in Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the six neighbourhoods that make up the urban district Albayzín and limits with the neighbourhoods of Albayzín, San Pedro, Template:Ilc, El Fargue and Haza Grande. In 2009 had 578 inhabitants.[1]

It is located on the hill and valley of Valparaíso, in front of the Alhambra, emblematic places of Granada, occupying both banks of the Darro River, whose name seems to derive the phrase "D'auro" ("of gold") for its famous gold-bearing sediments.

It is the traditional neighborhood of the Granadian Gipsies, who settled in Granada after the Christian conquest of the city in 1492. It is one of the most picturesque neighborhoods of the city, by the landscape and its cave houses, installed in whitewashed caves that serve as housing, where it hear torn touches of guitars cantes and quejíos (Andalusian traditional sings), that accompany the zambras (gypsy traditional dances of flamenco), which became one of the tourist reclamations most renowned of Granada.[2]

The gypsies of Sacromonte have a dialect itself, the "Calé", which is currently very little used, derived, according to tradition, from the India, where also have been the gypsies who arrived in Spain in 15th century after wade through Europe and Africa. The Gypsies of Sacromonte were portrayed by the poet Federico García Lorca in his book of poems Romancero Gitano.[3]

Etymology

The neighborhood owes its name to the episode occurred between 1595 and 1599 on the hill of Valparaíso: the alleged discovery of relics and the so-called lead books or "lead books the Sacromonte" with indecipherable drawings, texts in Latin and Arabic characters that came to be interpreted as the fifth gospel. These findings were declared a forgery in the 17th century, but led to the construction of the Abbey of Sacromonte,[4][5] where today are the false relics of Saint Caecilius, co-patron of Granada and the lead books.[3]

Fiestas

  • Pilgrimage of Saint Cecilio, on the first Sunday of January.[6]

References

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  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mus1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference cec1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference cec2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference id20080128 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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