"The legend of the
door of the 7 floors
In the city of
In the city of the Alhambra there is a door called "the door of the seven floors".
It is one of the gates of the wall that surrounds the city of the Alhambra.
It is one of the gates of the wall that surrounds the city of the Alhambra. It is said to be the gate through which the last sultan of the Alhambra left the Alhambra.
sultan of the Alhambra, Boabdil. After him, no one else because
it was walled up.
We are going to tell you
a legend about this door, do you want to hear it?
It turns out that in
Arab times, a water carrier lived in the city.
One day he came across
a poor water carrier who asked him for some water. Apillihad, that
Apillihad, that was the water carrier's name, took pity on the poor man, and although he had no money to pay him, he gave him some water.
money to pay him, he gave him some water. The poor man gratefully
gratefully gave him a small box and a candle. He told him to go to the
to go to the door of the seven floors at night, when no one was there,
light the candle and read the note in the little box.
He did so,
Apillihad went one night to the door of the seven floors, lit the candle and read the magic words.
the candle and read the magic words: "Alcalá Alhambra Sabika".
Suddenly, under his
suddenly, under his feet the ground began to tremble until it opened up into 7 floors
filled with treasures.
Apillihad, who
Apillihad, who was very generous, did not take all the treasures but
only took a gift for his family
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the rest he left there. He blew out the candle and left.
The next day,
the next day, the mayor of the city saw Apillihad wearing a gold belt and his
gold belt and his wife with diamond earrings. The mayor
the water carrier had stolen from him, so they stopped him and asked him
stopped him and asked him:
-Did you
Did you steal my jewelry?
The
water carrier was so good that he
told him.
The
mayor who was so greedy stole the candle and the little box.
That
That same night the mayor went to the door of the 7 floors and pronounced the words.
Suddenly the floor opened up into 7 rooms full of treasures.
the mayor began to pick up and pick up jollas, diamonds, gold...without
the bag fell to the floor because it was so heavy and the candle was extinguished, and the
candle was extinguished, and the floor closed, with the mayor inside.
According to
legend has it that the mayor is still looking for the way out."
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Other legend: "And there, legend has it, that Boabdil, the last Nasrid sultan, fled, desolate, after handing over the Kingdom of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs."
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