Palace of the Forgotten

Palace of the Forgotten, main entrance.

The Palace of the Forgotten (Spanish: Palacio de los Olvidados) is a museum in Granada, Spain, dedicated to the Spanish Inquisition, Jewish history, and Granada's and Andalusia's heritage. The building is located in the Albaicín, a neighbourhood declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 as an extension of the monumental complex of the Alhambra and the Generalife.[1][2]

The museum occupies the symbolic Casa-Palacio de Santa Inés (Palace-House of St. Agnes), a restored 16th century building declared Bien de Interés Cultural (heritage site of cultural interest). On its façade there is an unidentified coat of arms, with features suggesting it belonged to a converted Jew who intended to show based on heraldry his status of pureza de sangre (blood purity).[3][2] The museum, opened in 2014, also offers guided tours after previous booking.

  1. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Centro del Patrimonio Mundial -". whc.unesco.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ a b "Palacio de los Olvidados :: AGENCIA albaicín GRANADA". www.albaicin-granada.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  3. ^ "Palacio de los Olvidados (Sephardic culture Palace)". eSefarad (in Spanish). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-21.