1 Monument to Boabdil Reconciling with the past
n a spot south of the touristed sights of the Alhambra and old centre, tucked away on Paseo del Violón near the modern conference centre, is a poignant monument recalling one of the pivotal moments in Granada’s history. Here, shaded by palms and flanked by orange trees, a bronze statue of a young girl proffers a flower to a seated, turbaned man. He is Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI, known to the Spanish as Boabdil – the 23rd and final sultan of Granada, the last