Place

The seminar will take place at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and the 'Antonio Arribas Palau' Archaeometry Laboratory of the University of Granada, in the city of Granada (Spain). The seminar can also be followed online via google meet.

Granada was the capital of the Zirid Kingdom of Granada during the 11th century and of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada between the 13th and 15th centuries. After the capture of the city by the Catholic Monarchs, it remained the capital of the Castilian Kingdom of Granada, which was already a simple territorial jurisdiction and remained so until 1833, when a new provincial division took place in Spain, which is still in force today. Its municipal coat of arms bears the titles "Very noble, loyal, named great, celebrated and heroic city of Granada".

Granada is a centre for tourism, due to its monuments and the proximity of the Sierra Nevada ski resort, as well as the historical area known as La Alpujarra and also the part of the Mediterranean known as the Costa Granadina. Among its historic buildings, the Alhambra is one of the most important monuments in the country, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994, along with the Generalife garden and the Albaicín. Its cathedral is considered to be the first Renaissance church in Spain;8 attached to the cathedral is the Royal Chapel, which houses the tombs of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, as well as Queen Juana I of Castile "the Mad" and King Philip I of Castile, "the Handsome".

Granada's cultural offerings include some twenty museums,9 including the Granada Science Park and the Granada Museum of Fine Arts, considered the oldest provincial art gallery in the country. The city is also home to the Manuel de Falla Archive and the Federico García Lorca Centre. Moreover, since 2014, the city has been a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Literature, the first Spanish-speaking city to obtain this designation.

The University of Granada, according to 2007-2008 student data, is the fourth nationally in terms of number of students and is one of the most popular destinations for European students in the Erasmus programme. In this area, the University of Granada is the coordinator of the ARQUS European University Alliance project, being from 2019 one of the eleven Spanish universities selected to form part of the European supercampuses within this programme.

To the south of the city is the Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud (PTS), a complex which, in addition to housing the largest hospital in the province - the Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio - also brings together research centres, university faculties and industry in the area of biomedical research.

The municipality has a metro system: Metro de Granada, which runs transversally through the city and connects it with the main surrounding municipalities, from Albolote to Armilla; and with an airport. It is also connected by the Spanish High Speed Railway, via the Antequera-Granada line.