Il Conquisto di Granata

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Originaltitle"Il Conquisto Di Granata" Poema Heroico del signor Girolamo Gratiani
LanguageItalian
Il Conquisto Di Granata
Il Conquisto di Granata - Girolamo Graziani (1650)
AuthorGirolamo Graziani
Original title"Il Conquisto Di Granata" Poema Heroico del signor Girolamo Gratiani
LanguageItalian
Genreepic poem
PublisherSoliani (Italy)
Publication date
1650
Publication placeItaly
Pages614
Preceded byLo Specchio della Gloria, Modena, Cassiani, 1648 
Followed byLa Gara delle Stagioni, Modena, Cassiani, 1652 

il Conquisto di Granata (The conquest of Granada) is an epic poem in 26 cantos by the Italian poet Girolamo Graziani first published in Modena in 1650. The poem tells the last year of the siege of Granada (Granada War) led by Ferdinand II of Aragon (Ferdinand The Catholic) with which ended the reconquista of the Muslim-controlled areas of the Iberian Peninsula broadly known as Al-Andalus. The poem has a digression which depicts Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World.

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