It is widely believed that tulips were introduced into Europe through Holland, a country which [...]
Not far away from Faraján urban centre (from the Arabic farhan, happy place), in Malaga [...]
The Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI), through its Med-O-Med network, just signed an agreement with the [...]
With its purple spikes, lavender seduces both bees and people through its never-ending rectilinear furrows, [...]
CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain) researchers have discovered pruning and grape wine propagation [...]
Sometime during 821,an elegant man disembarked a the port of Algeciras. His name was ibn [...]
We are glad to inform you that on the occasion of the presentation events of [...]
During the last week, the Islamic Culture Foundation organized some private visits around the Andalusi [...]
In the last few weeks, we have been carrying out the tour of presentations and [...]
The 3 Cultures Festival of Frigiliana concluded successfully with a large number of assistants, both [...]
A fruit that often appears in poems on gardens and nature is the quince. A [...]
Our collaborators Manuel Casares and José Tito, from the University of Granada, have recently presented [...]
The exhibition “Gardens of al-Andalus” travels now to Dos Hermanas, Seville, in collaboration with the [...]
The following are just some of the species which were imported or consolidated and the [...]
May 21–August 21 Travel to southern Spain in just an afternoon. This unprecedented exhibition explores [...]
One of the characteristics of Islamic civilisation since early times has been its special admiration [...]
“…A number of exotic crops had to be grown under irrigation, acclimatising them for the [...]
In the XIII anniversary of the birth of Al-Andalus, the exhibition “Gardens of Al-Andalus” has [...]
Pharmacopeia is a science that becomes more developed in al-Andalus. In the complex recipes appears [...]
Granada, October 7th of 2009 “Bismillahi Arrahmani Irrahim. Today we met in this beautifull enclave [...]
This itinerant exhibition was organised by the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) in collaboration with La [...]
This exhibition, organised by the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) in collaboration with La Caixa Foundation, re-creates various [...]
“¡Oh dwellers of al-Ándalus, what blessings you enjoy, water, shade, rivers and trees! The garden [...]
“¡Oh dwellers of al-Andalus, what blessings you enjoy, water, shade, rivers and trees! The Garden [...]
JASMINE (Jasminum officinale L.) Called yasamin in al-Andalus. Shrub of very aromatic white flowers, specially [...]
Over the course of human history, the Mediterranean basin has been an area of cultural [...]
This study aims at introducing the most outstanding aspects of treatises written by Andalusi agronomists, [...]
Arabic gardens or Islamic gardens? This is the first question that comes to mind regarding [...]
Islamic civilisation has always been known for its love of landscapes, agronomy and science. Al [...]
“The Muslims of al-Andalus cultivated all of the branches of knowledge, in a disinterested, generous [...]
