Muñoz, Juan2013Muñoz , J 2013 , ' The Alcaicería of Granada (Spain): From a silk trade center to a post-touristic shopping-scape ' , Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação .1646-6756Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e EducaçãoThe Alcaicería of Granada is a contemporary post-touristic shopping-scape with deeps roots in history. In the Medieval Arab world, the term al-qaysāriyya described a commercial institution for the silk trade as well as an architectonic typology. In Al-Andalus, the typology was a cluster of shops located in the center of the main cities. After the Reconquest, these structures were maintained and alcaicerías were even built, as commercial spaces, in America and the Philippines. The decline of the silk trade provoked their disappearance, with the exception of Granada's. The chronicle of the Alcaicería of Granada begins with a "transaction document" (1460), continues with its reconstruction in Alhambresque style (1843) and its conversion into a theme market for handcrafts (1940), to its recent restoration (2002). Today, the mimetic atmosphere full of souvenirs, among just a few local crafts, is a commercial urban scenario that mixes reality and fiction for tourists.application/pdfengopenAccessHISTÓRIA DA ARQUITETURAESTABELECIMENTOS COMERCIAISHISTÓRIA DE ESPANHAGRANADAESPANHAARQUITETURACENTROS COMERCIAISSHOPPING CENTRESHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURECOMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTSHISTORY OF SPAINGRANADASPAINARCHITECTURE