Granada (esp)

Granada

Granada ranks 430th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Novi Sad, Carthage, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Memorable people born in Granada include Eugénie de Montijo, Francisco Suárez, and Leo Africanus. Memorable people who died in Granada include John of God, Muhammad I of Granada, and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. Granada has been the birth place of many writers and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers. Granada is located in Spain.

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada comarca, the city sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held. Read more on Wikipedia