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Reino Nazarí.- Founded by Muhammad Yusúf Ahmad Nasr; the reigning dynasty in Granada from 1232 to 1492. The last king Boabdil surrendered the city to the Reyes Católicos.

Reino Zirí.- Dynasty of origin berber which ruled Granada in the eleventh century.

Puerta de Monaita.- Opening in a section of the wall called the Alcazaba Qadima, leading down to and uniting with the Puerta Elvira. Dates from the eleventh century. It has a double horseshoe arch through which one passes into an intermediate patio, which is a novelty in this type of gate. The base is constructed of blocks of stone, and the upper part and the arches of smooth small blocks of sandstone.

Puerta Elvira.- This is one of the gates which enclose the Alcazaba Qadima, significant among the others for its value as a monument. It was one of the best and most important entries to the city, which had eighteen gates. Through this gate one entered both the Alcazaba of the Albayzín and the Medina (zone of the actual Cathedral).

Although is cited in the ninth century by Ahmed Ben Ira, the current gate dates from the eleventh century. Its name refers to what was the route to Medina Elvira.

The gate opens in the centre of a barbican with protective towers, pointed battlements and horseshoe arches over an open defensive space, behind which was a patio with two other arched sections which communicated with the Alcazaba and the street of Elvira.

Arco de las Pesas.- It was called this - the arch of the weights because , and they can still be seen, it was here that were suspended weights which had been confiscated for being defective. It dates from the eleventh century, -almorávide- with a curved floor plan, roofed with steeply arched domes. The entrance arch is a pointed horseshoe, with another semicircular arch above, for unloading, and above this a brick lintel.

Zenete.- Name given to a section of the area in which a tribe of the same name, guards of the Zirian kings, settled.

Alcazaba.- Fortified space within which is, apart from a palace, a living space for people, rather like a small village.

Aljibe.- Reservoir.