The Marquis of the Zenete, a castilian model in the Kingdom of Granada

Abstract

The marquis of the Zenete is located in the North face of Sierra Nevada mountains and it is extended from the top of those mountains, in the South side, to the Sierra de Baza mountains, in the North. In the middle, the wide Zalabi’s valley is placed. A new Christian power was implanted on this territory. Immediately, it became the Marquis of the Zenete, which is represented by the castle-palace of La Calahorra, built in a new style, the Renaissance style. However, it expected to become an authentic feudal fortress. The model of implant of the Castilian people is summarized in the Zenete region and, also, the model of Granada’s manors. There, it is shown some contradictions of a society which is remained more and more underdeveloped compared to an external world, which is developing to the capitalism.