La Alcaicería
Reconstructed maze of narrow lanes and horseshoe arches, once a guarded medieval silk exchange with two hundred stalls.
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This guide to La Alcaiceria in Granada walks through a fourteenth century silk market once locked behind nine iron gates each night and watched over by wardens and guard dogs rather than soldiers. You'll hear how silk worth more than gold passed through five separate officials before a single coin changed hands, from the motalefe who logged it off the wheel to the mayoral who hunted for cheats. The guide follows that elaborate system of checkpoints toward the night that finally ended it.
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