COMUNICACIÓN Y PRENSA

The historian Juan Antonio Vilar makes in his book “Los Reyes Católicos en la Alhambra” (The Catholic Monarchs in the Alhambra) a comprehensive study on the conservation works and the transformations undertaken in the Monumental Complex, during the period between the Reconquest of Granada (on January 2, 1942) and the death of Isabella the Catholic and her funeral in the Alhambra at the end of 1504.
The collection is made up by documents forgotten for centuries and which contribute with basic information to understand what occurred in the Alhambra during the first years after the Reconquest. Furthermore, a CD comes enclosed containing around 1,800 pages including copies of the original documents from the General Archive of Simancas.
“The Catholic Monarchs in the Alhambra” has been recently awarded with the first Premio Internacional de Ensayo Histórico Duquesa de Medina Sidonia (International “Duquesa de Medina Sidonia” Award for Historical Essays).
El Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife and the publishing house Comares have published the book, which opened in 2008 the bibliographic collection Fuentes de Investigación (Research Sources) belonging to the library of the Alhambra.
Juan Antonio Vilar Sánchez (1954) studied Medieval History at the University of Cologne (Germany) and modern History at the University of Granada. He earned his doctorate in History from the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands) and he is the author of several monographs focused on the stays and works accomplished by the Catholic Monarchs and Charles V in Granada and the Alhambra.