The mayor of Granada, Francisco Cuenca, has invited the Italian footballer Federico Chiesa to visit Granada and get to know the Alhambra in a letter in which he affirms that “it will be a real pleasure to give you two tickets so that you can know in first person what was seat of the capital of the kingdom of Al Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula and it is one of the most beautiful monumental complexes in the world “, after the Italian Football Federation published on its networks a video in which the athlete located the Alhambra in Barcelona.
In the recording, made on the occasion of the Eurocup semifinals, Chiesa submits to several questions about Spain and when the interviewer asks if you know in which city the Nasrid monument is located, answer that in Barcelona, which was one of the three options that appeared, along with Marbella and Granada.
After congratulating him “on the sports season that has ended, in which he has been one of the leading players”, the mayor reiterates in his letter that “the Alhambra is located in Granada, the city that I have the honor to govern” and adds that “it is a 900-year-old fortress palace that, among other things, It is the most visited in Spain and one of the most recognized in all of Europe. Every year, before this terrible pandemic, more than two million people from all over the world visit it. “
With the wish that “Access the invitation that I am glad to send you”, Francisco Cuenca recalls in his letter that “Granada is closely linked to Italy by endless common cultural ties and it is one of the most beautiful cities in our country. “