{"id":12834,"date":"2026-09-29T21:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/madraza-palace-granada\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:40:14","slug":"madraza-palace-granada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/things-to-see-in-granada\/palaces-and-carmenes-granada\/madraza-palace-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"The Madraza Palace of Granada: The 1349 Nasrid Islamic University 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Directly across from the Cathedral on Calle Oficios stands one of Granada&#8217;s most fascinating architectural palimpsests: the <strong>Palacio de la Madraza<\/strong>. Founded in 1349 by Sultan Yusuf I as the <em>Madrasah Yusufiyya<\/em>, it was the first and only public university in the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, dedicated to law, medicine, mathematics, and theology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense-zero-cls\" style=\"min-height:280px;background:#f8fafc;border:1px dashed #cbd5e1;border-radius:8px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;margin:28px 0\"><span style=\"color:#94a3b8;font-size:0.85rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1px\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>1. The Jewel: The 14th-Century Mihrab Prayer Hall<\/h2>\n<p>While the exterior facade was rebuilt in the 18th century with colorful baroque trompe-l&#8217;\u0153il murals, stepping inside reveals an authentic, jaw-dropping Nasrid treasure: the <strong>Oratorio (Prayer Hall)<\/strong>. Featuring an octagonal horseshoe mihrab dome covered in intricate polychrome plasterwork, Arabic inscriptions, and honeycomb muqarnas, it rivals the finest chambers of the Alhambra.<\/p>\n<h2>2. The Knights&#8217; Council Hall (Sala de los Caballeros)<\/h2>\n<p>Upstairs, the municipal council chamber features an immense 16th-century Mud\u00e9jar coffered ceiling adorned with gilded armorial carvings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Admission:<\/strong> ~2.00 \u20ac (general); 1.00 \u20ac (students\/seniors).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hours:<\/strong> Open daily 10:00 to 20:00 (summer) \/ 19:00 (winter).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directly across from the Cathedral on Calle Oficios stands one of Granada&#8217;s most fascinating architectural palimpsests: the Palacio de la Madraza. Founded in 1349&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8924,"parent":12823,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12834","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Jd8y-3l0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12834\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}