The pomegranates of Granada
When the Moors defeated the Visigoths in 711, there was already a Jewish settlement around the foot of the Alhambra hill named "Garnata al Jahud" from which the name Granada was derived. "Granada" means pomegranate in Spanish, and these trees grow well in this climate. Images of pomegranates are everywhere, from utility covers...
...to stone carvings on tops of arches...
...window ledges...
...blue and white tiles...
...downspouts...
...traffic stanchions...
The latter are so necessary in protecting pedestrians from vehicles, but sometimes the roads are almost not wide enough for cars!
The River Darro that runs through Sacromonte and then goes underground at the Plaza Nueva, was once full of little mills. Here are some old grinding stones now used in a wall:
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