Parkour Stunt Destroys Granada’s Protected Alhambra Pillar Causing €12,000 Damage
Patronato architects estimate repairs at about €12,000 after five youths entered a restricted archaeological area and one knocked over a protected pillar.
- On Friday, a parkour athlete destroyed a protected historic pillar near the Palacio de Carlos within the Alhambra, an incident witnessed by visitors who alerted staff.
- CCTV footage shows the group entered the World Heritage Site via Puerta de la Justicia at 4:09 pm and exited near the Torre de las Cabezas barely 15 minutes later.
- Patronato architects estimated restoration costs at around 12,000 euros after assessing damage at the Casa de Mufti, an area containing protected archaeological remains.
- The National Police are reviewing surveillance footage to identify five suspects after Patronato de la Alhambra y el Generalife filed a formal complaint.
- Despite tight security, the Alhambra remains a target for vandalism, mirroring past graffiti incidents that have plagued the Albaic district and the Cathedral.
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It is the second most visited site in Spain after the Sagrada family in Barcelona. A complaint has been lodged and an investigation is under way.
The architects of the Patronato number 12,000 euros the damage to the affected pillar in the monument, which is located in a closed area to the publicArchivan the denunciation against the use of illegal weapons in the confrontation during a Vox rally in Granada A young man tore up last Friday a pillar within the monumental complex of the Alhambra doing parkour along with a group of friends, facts already investigated by the National Police, acco…
Last Friday a young man tore up a pillar within the monumental complex of the Alhambra of Granada doing parkour along with a group of friends, facts already investigated by the National Police, according to sources from this body and the patron saint who manages the monument.The destruction occurred between four and five o'clock on Friday afternoon, when several young people stood in front of the Palace of Charles V to practice parkour, a physic…
Parkour stunt destroys Granada’s protected Alhambra pillar causing €12,000 damage
Five visitors spent a mere 17 minutes inside one of the restricted corners of Granada’s Alhambra, but that was long enough for one of them to bring down a protected and historical archaeological pillar while apparently filming a parkour stunt. Police are now trying to work out who they were. Security cameras at the Alhambra recorded five people entering through the Puerta de la Justicia (Gate… Source
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