Homework: the crusades

What were the crusades?

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East.
In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem - the most holy of holy places for Christians. Jesus had been born in nearby Bethlehem and Jesus had spent most of his life in Jerusalem. He was crucified on Calvary Hill, also in Jerusalem. There was no more important place on Earth than Jerusalem for a true Christian which is why Christians called Jerusalem the "City of God".
However, Jerusalem was also extremely important for the Muslims as Muhammad, the founder of the Muslim faith, had been there and there was great joy in the Muslim world when Jerusalem was captured. A beautiful dome - called the Dome of the Rock - was built on the rock where Muhammad was said to have sat and prayed and it was so holy that no Muslim was allowed to tread on the rock or touch it when visiting the Dome.
Therefore the Christian fought to get Jerusalem back while the Muslims fought to keep Jerusalem. These wars were to last nearly 200 years

How were the crusades?

The first crusade: 1096-1102

The appeal was made by Pope Urban II in November 1095 but crusaders did not set out until the following summer. One route went through Hungary crossing the Byzantine frontier at Belgrade then through the Balkans. The other route took crusaders down through Italy crossing by sea from Bari to Dyrrachion and then to Constantinople by land.

The second crusade:1447-1449

The Second Crusade was prompted by the fall of Edessa in 1144. In this case both the French under Louis VII and the Germans led by Emperor Conrad III followed the same route through Hungary and arrived in Constantinople within a month of each other in September and October 1847.

The third crusade:1189-1192

The Third Crusade, was prompted by the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187. A German contingent under Frederick Barbarossa did attempt to cross using the traditional route through the Balkans and Anatolian but Barbarossa died en route and his forces later suffered an ambush. The important routes therefore were those take by the French under Philip Augustus and the English led by Richard I. Both expeditions travelled by sea stopping for the winter at Messina.

The fourth crusade:1202-1204

The Fourth Crusade was preached by Innocent III in 1202. The majority of the Crusaders sailed from Venice. The goal was the recapture of Jerusalem through an invasion of Egypt, however, the Crusaders were persuaded to mount an attack on behalf of the Venetians at Zara and then on Constantinople to depose the Emperor. The fall and sack of Constantinople in April 1204 did lasting damage to relations between Eastern and Western Christians. A Latin empire lasted there for 60 years.

The fifth crusade:1218-1221

The sixth crusade:1228-1229

The seventh crusade:1248-1254

The eighth crusade:1270

Words of Unit 2: meaning

Unit 2

1.Vikings- They came from Scandinavia. They conquered the British Isles, nothern France and southern Italy, and they founded kingdoms.

2.Magyards- They came from the steppes of Asia. They settled in Eastern Europe, and founded the kingdom of Hungary.

3.Saracens-They were Muslim pirates who attached the Mediterranean coasts of Europe.

4.Serfs- As peasants could not depend on the king's protection, they turned to the nobles for help.

Nobles had their own armies and castles. In exchange for protection, the peasants had to work for the nobles, and submit to their authority. They became the noble's serfs.

5.Nobles-is a state-privileged status which is generally hereditary, but which may also be personal only.They were the knights and their families. Their duty was to defend the population.

6.Fief or manor- Nobles received land in exchange for swearing allegiance to the king. This land is called a fief or manor. Each one has got a castle where the lord live. There were also villages where the peasants lived, and forests.

7.Vassals- the barons became the kings vassals by accepting the king's supremacy.

8.Paid homage- The vassals paid homage to the king and swore alliance to him in a ceremony.

9.Court- It was formed by a group of lawyers, clergy and soldiers. They helped to the king to gobern. Their decisions usually only affected to the king's lands.

10.Demesne- It is called to a part of the land on the manor, that it was used by the lord himself.

11.Clergy- They were the monks and priests. They had to pray for the spiritual salvation of the people.

12.Priviliged states- It was formed by the nobles and the clergy. They had advantages.

13.Pope- In Rome he was the head of the Church. He also ruled over the Papal State on the Italian Peninsula.

14.Order of Saint Benedict- It was the most important order in the early Middle Ages.

15.Regular clergy- They were member of religious orders. Each order was led by an abbot.

16.Knight- The squires that they proved their worth about five years later they were made knights in a special ceremony.

17.Tithe- It is a percentage of the harvest, to the Church.

18.Fallow-Every year the peasants left half of their land fallow so that it recover and became fertile again.

19.Self-sufficient- The peasants were that. They grew food, made clothes and furniture, and built their houses.

Words of Unit 1 : meaning

Unit one

1.Allah- Islamic God.

2.Byzantine Empire- The new name of the Eastern Roman empire. Its capital was Constantinople.

3.Carolingian Empire-The Franks handed the power to the Mayors of the Palace.

4.Germanic-Tribes that they lived in the north of the roman empire.

5.Hegira-This date marks the start of the Muslim calendar. It is when Muhammad moved to Medina in 622.

6.Islam-A new religion made from Muhammad.

7.Justinian Code-It modernised the Roman law.

8.mosaics-which covered the walls and ceilings of churches and palaces.

9.monotheistic-they only believe in one god.

10.Ramadan-It's a month in the Islamic calendar where the Muslims have to fast.

11.Huns- They attached the Visigoths in the 4th century.

12.Basileus- He is the emperor. He had great power. He commanded the army and goverment, and he was also religious leader.

13.Bizantine Orthodox Chuch-It's a religion like the Catholic but of the Eastern Europe.

14.East-West Schism-It's a union of the Roman Catholic Church and the Byzantine Ortodox Church.

15.Icons-They are holy images that they were in the churchs.

16.Treaty of Verdum-It confirmed the division of the Carolingian Empire.

17.Missi dominici- also called messengers, they check on local affairs, and ensure that the system of goverment was functioning properly.

18.Counties-they also called administrative units. Charlemagne divided his empirre into them.

Proceso de produccion del trigo

1. First, the peasants planted the wheat in the soil.

2. Then, when several months pass, the peasants collect the wheat.

3.Then, they burn the wheat in the mills, to separate the bad things of the wheat and the good things.

4.Finally they do the bread in the ovens. With the sape they want.

Direct AssaultA direct assault was the most dangerous way for attackers to try to take a castle. Soldiers either scaled walls with ladders or overran castle walls breached by tunnels, battering rams, or artillery.

Questions about the Bayeux Tapestry

1.Find this scene in the Bayeux Tapestry. What is happening?
Which figure do you think is William? What does this scene tell you
about him?

William and Harold return to Normandy and reach the town of Bayeux. In the climax of the story so far Harold swears a solemn oath on holy relics. Was Harold promising to support William? Harold is at last set free, and sails back to England. Ithink William the conqueror is the man who is sit on the chair.


2.Find this scene in the Bayeux Tapestry. What is happening?
What does this scene tell you about William?

Food and drink are taken to the boats. So are weapons: coats of chain mail, helmets, swords and lances.


3.Go to 'The Battle of Hastings Scene 5'. Look carefully at this part of the scene. What does it tell you about William?

After a fall from his horse, William raises his helmet to reveal his face. This shows his troops that he is still alive and encourages them to continue fighting. Count Eustace carries an elaborate banner, which may be the one given by the Pope to show his support for William’s invasion of England.

William the conqueror

King William was a hard man, determined to use force to impose his will on the nation he had conquered. He was so successful at it, the Anglo-Saxons became second-class citizens in their own country.

The Normans were brutal, ruthless occupiers. The problem was that William had promised his allies and friends a cut of the cake, but first he had to hold on to England and consolidate his grip. This was done with a network of Norman castles right across the country, fighting platforms gouged into the landscape. From these the native population could be terrorised and intimidated, and any local risings snuffed out.

It would be easy to think that such racial antipathies were the simple product of prejudice born of ignorance, shaped by a complete lack of knowledge of each other's culture. But the reverse is true. For long before the Conquest, Anglo-Saxon England's relationship with continental Europe had been close. Over 200 years before, the common threat posed by the Vikings had brought the Carolingian kings of Francia and the kings of Wessex and Mercia together.

Vikings map

The Vikings

Where did the Vikings come from?
The Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means 'a pirate raid'. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'.
The Viking age in European history was about AD 700 to 1100. During this period many Vikings left Scandinavia and travelled to other countries, such as Britain and Ireland. Some went to fight and steal treasure. Others settled in new lands as farmers, craftsmen or traders.
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The Vikings in Britain
Southern Britain (England) had been settled by the Anglo-Saxons. You can find out more on our Anglo-Saxons site. In AD 787 three Viking longships landed in southern England. The Vikings fought the local people, then sailed away. This first raid is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It was the start of a fierce struggle between English and Vikings. The English called the Viking invaders 'Danes' but they came from Norway as well as Denmark.
Norwegian Vikings or 'Norse' sailed to Scotland, where they made settlements in the north and on the Orkney and Shetland islands. Vikings also settled on the Isle of Man. Vikings raided Wales, but few made homes there.
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Why did Vikings attack monasteries?
In 793 Vikings attacked the Christian monastery at Lindisfarne in Northumbria. They were pagans, not Christians like most people in Britain. A Viking robber did not think twice about robbing a Christian church. Christian monasteries in Britain were easy to attack, because the monks in the monasteries had no weapons. Churches and monasteries kept valuable treasures, such as gold, jewels and books. There were food, drink, cattle, clothes and tools too - tempting for greedy Vikings.
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Where did Vikings settle?
Some Viking ships brought families to Britain looking for land to farm. Good farmland was scarce in the Vikings' own countries. The parts of Britain where most Vikings settled were northern Scotland and eastern England. For 500 years, from about AD 900, Vikings ruled the north of Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland isles and the Hebrides islands off the west coast. In Ireland, Vikings founded the city of Dublin.
Viking areas in east and northern England became known as the Danelaw. Viking settlements brought new words into the English language, and new ideas about government too. For a short time England had Danish kings (King Cnut and his sons, from 1016 to 1042).
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How far did Vikings roam?
Norwegian Vikings sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to Iceland and Greenland. About AD 1000, Vikings sailed to North America and started a settlement, though it did not last long. Danish Vikings went to France and founded Normandy ('Land of the North-men'). Danish Vikings also sailed south around Spain, and into the Mediterranean Sea. Swedish Vikings roamed along rivers into Russia. Viking traders could be found as far east as Constantinople (Turkey), where they met people from Africa, Arabia and Asia.

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Capilla Palatina de Aquisgrán

Gracias a una inscripción, hoy desaparecida, sabemos que el arquitecto fue Odón (o Eudes) de METZ .Las obras se iniciaron en el 790, y en el 797 se culminaba la cubierta del octógono central, siendo consagrada por el papa León III en el 805, dedicándola a Santa Maria.
Planta de la capilla. Se concibió como una planta centralizada en torno a un octógono central al que rodea otro hexadecagonal (de 16 lados) y entre ambos un deambulatorio.
Interior (reconstrucción). Por encima del deambulatorio hay una tribuna que abre al espacio central mediante unos arcos y a su vez este espacio central se eleva por encima de las tribunas y se cubre con una bóveda de paños.

El modelo del octógono de esta capilla recuerda a San Vital de Rávena. Es un edificio centralizado con otro envolvente. Cuando en el año 790 se comenzó la capilla, Carlomagno solicitó al Papa que tomaran los materiales para su construcción de Rávena, por lo que no es extraño que viera los edificios de allí, y quedaran impresionados. Hay sin embargo diferencias entre ambos.
La capilla palatina representa un paso atrás, porque en San Vital los arquitectos emplearon unos recursos de una sutileza arquitectónica que a los de Aquisgrán se les escaparon totalmente: 1. Por ejemplo en Aquisgrán la molduración horizontal está bastante marcada, con lo cual el sentido ascensional del edificio queda bastante cortado. 2. El arquitecto de San Vital de Rávena no hace líneas rectas, son exedras en la planta del octógono y esto provoca una mayor ligereza, por lo que se gana en dinamismo. Sin embargo, en la capilla de Aquisgrán si son rectas. Esto tampoco supieron captarlo los arquitectos carolingios. 3. En San Vital el ábside no está a eje en relación con el pórtico de entrada (diapo de la derecha) que da mayor libertad al edificio, evitando el encorsetamiento. En Aquisgrán sí está a eje con el pórtico.

Mosques. What do you think about?

I think the Mosque is for the Muslims like the Church for the cristianity, or more important. They can do they prayers at the mosque. I think they are more religious than us.

The image of the left is a mosque.

El codigo de justiniano

El Código de Justiniano (en latín, Codex Iustinianus) es una recopilación de constituciones imperiales promulgada por el emperador Justiniano, en una primera versión, el 7 de abril de 529, y en una segunda, el 17 de noviembre de 534. Este último forma parte del denominado Corpus Iuris Civilis.
El "primer" Código de Justiniano (conocido como Codex vetus o primus) fue la primera obra elaborada dentro del proceso recopilador de Derecho romano justinianeo. Esta obra no se ha conservado, salvo por un fragmento del índice. Fue preparado por una comisión de juristas, presidida por Triboniano, comenzando sus labores en febrero de 528. Los comisionados debían recopilar las constituciones imperiales vigentes en la época, pudiendo utilizar obras anteriores como el Código Teodosiano del año 438, de carácter oficial, y los Código Gregoriano de 293 y Hermogeniano, de carácter privado. Con la promulgación de este código se dejó sin efecto los anteriores.
Debido a las reformas efectuadas por Justiniano fue necesario actualizarlo hacia el año 533. Una comisión presidida nuevamente por Triboniano debió agregar todas las nuevas constituciones imperiales dictadas por Justiniano al "primer" Código, recibiendo la facultad de interporlarlas o modificarlas, para su adecuada incorporación.
El 16 de noviembre de 534 –en fecha posterior al Digesto– se promulgó el "segundo" Código de Justiniano (denominado en ocasiones Codex repetitae praelectionis), quedando derogado el anterior y prohibida su alegación. Está estructurado en 12 libros, divididos en títulos, que contienen las constituciones

Mi nombre en jeroglífico

Tu nombre en jeroglífico:
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Crea el tuyo desde aqui!!

Tarea de los legionarios

The army was organized into legions. Each legion has 5000 men. Each legion has its own leader, its own banner, and its own number. Each also had its own nickname. They moved camp every night. Men would wander the new campsite, visiting and drilling. The men could always find their way back to their own legion. They simply looked for their legion banner. Once they found that, they looked for their fighting group banner. Each legion was broken into several fighting groups. Camp was very colorful.

If a soldier was brave, clever and fought well he could become a centurion in charge of 80 ordinary soldiers called legionaries. Each troop of about 80 legionaries was called a century. There were 59 centuries in a legion and about 30 legions in the Roman army. There were also other soldiers called auxiliaries who included the cavalry.

The legion was very organized, and very successful. When the legion marched into a new region, some people gave up with a fight. The legion's fighting power was that famous!

A legionary's uniform included a rectangular shield, a short sword, a dagger, a metal jacket, a belt, a helmet, a kilt, a shirt, and hobnailed sandals. The legion wore special hob-nailed sandals. Unless they wanted to sneak in quietly, a legion on the move was impressive!

The ancient Romans loved the ornate and glittery, but their armor - in spite of what you might have seen in the movies - most probably did not shine. Some armor was made of leather, with metal on the inside, probably against a backing of linen, to make three layers. Some was made of cloth sewn in circular links.

Each legionary served for 25 years. If they lived through their service, they could retire. They were given land and a pension so that they live comfortably. The land they were given was located in the provinces. This was very clever of Rome. It gave their retired military men a place to call home that they would defend. This system placed loyal military men all over the provinces.

La Guerra de Troya

La leyenda del caballo de Troya puede que sea verdad o que no, pero si es verdad, creo que los troyanos fueron estúpidos al creerse que los griegos se rendían y encima les hacían un regalo, dejándolo a su puerta por la noche. Si de verdad se hubieran rendido irían hasta allí y les darían el caballo, pero no dejarlo en la puerta de noche como que ha caído del cielo.

Creo que la guerra fue necesaria en esa época para poder sobrevivir, y así ganaban más territorios, y pudieron hacer historia.

Greek art

Las piramides de Giza

In the fourth dynasty, three large stone pyramids were built at Giza. The design of these pyramids was based on the pyramids that had been built before. These are the largest and sturdiest pyramids that were ever built in ancient Egypt.

The first and largest pyramid was built for the pharaoh Khufu (also known as Cheops).

The second largest pyramid was built for Khufu's son, Khafra (also known as Chephren). In addition to the usual parts of a pyramid complex, Khafra's pyramid is guarded by a huge sphinx.Finally, the third largest pyramid was built for the pharaoh Menkaure (also known as Mycerinus).

The ancient Egyptians continued to build pyramids for their pharaohs after the Giza pyramids were built. However they were never as big or well-designed as the Giza pyramids.

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Las piramides egipcias

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located inEgypt.There are over 100 pyramids in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the country'sPharaohs and their consorts during the Old andMiddle Kingdom periods

The earliest known Egyptian pyramid is thePyramid of Djoser which was built during thethird dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architectImhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry.

The best known Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built.

The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.

By the time of the early dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in bench-like structures known as mastabas.

Juego

In ancient Greece the Olympic games were held in honour of Zeus, King of the Gods. The games were part of a great five day festival held every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis.

It was an opportunity for individual cities to get together and people came in large numbers from all over the Greek world.

At Olympia today you can still see remains of some of the buildings. Roll your mouse over the photo to see how he may have looked.

Each of the cities of ancient Greece had its own government, and there were often wars between them. Messengers sent out from Elis announced a sacred truce of one month before the festival began.

The truce meant that people could travel to Olympia in safety. The Olympic games were more important than wars because they were a religious festival.

The earliest Olympic Games were held in about 776BC. In those days the only event was a short sprint, from one end of the stadium to the other. Gradually over the years more were added until there were four days of many different competitions. The running track was much wider than a modern one. Twenty people could run at once.

Colonias griegas y fenicias

Colonies in antiquity were city-states founded from a mother-city, not from a territory-at-large. Bonds between a colony and its metropolis remained close, and took specific forms.
The Phoenicians were the major trading power in the Mediterranean in the early part of the first millennium BC. They established colonies as far west as modern Spain.
In Ancient Greece, colonies were sometimes founded by vanquished peoples, who left their homes to escape subjection at the hand of a foreign enemy; sometimes as a sequel to civil disorders, when the losers in internecine battles left to form a new city elsewhere; sometimes to get rid of surplus population, and thereby to avoid internal convulsions. But in most cases the motivation was to establish and facilitate relations of trade with foreign countries and further the wealth of the mother-city (in Greek, metropolis).
Las ciudades que colonizaron los griegos en la costa mediterranea de España: Hemeroscopeion, Zakinthos y Empororiai.
Las ciudades que colonizaron los fenicios en la costa mediterranea de España: Onuba, Tartessos, Gadir, Kartaia, Malaka, Sexi y Abdera.

Video de Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Creo que la vida en Mesopotamia era mucho mejor en la parte norte, ya que la tierra era fertil y la temperatura no era tan extrema como en la Mesopotamia sur.

La vida allí, en Mesopotamia sur debia de ser horrible cuando alcanzaba los 110 grados.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge es un monumento neolítico, tipo Crómlech, de la Edad del Bronce situado cerca de Amesbury en Wiltshire, Gran Bretaña, unos trece kilómetros al norte de Salisbury.

Stonehenge está conformado por grandes bloques de piedra distribuidos en cuatro circunferencias concéntricas; la exterior, de treinta metros de diámetro, está formada por grandes piedras rectangulares de arenisca que, originalmente, estaban coronadas por dinteles, también de piedra, quedando hoy en día sólo siete en su sitio.

Stonehenge era parte de un complejo ceremonial mucho más grande, que incluía círculos de piedra y de madera y avenidas ceremoniales.

La finalidad que tuvo la construcción de este gran monumento se ignora, pero se supone que se utilizaba como templo religioso, monumento funerario u observatorio astronómico que servía para predecir estaciones.

Primero fueron los monjes tibetanos, después los aborígenes australianos y después los descendientes de los mayas, quienes han cruzado el océano para llevar su ritual a Stonehenge. La ceremonia en el monumento megalítico del suroeste de Inglaterra ha servido para que esta cultura mesoamericana rinda tributo por primera vez en Europa a los rayos del Sol.

Resumen de Ötzi

Ötzi es la momia humana natural más antigua conocida. La causa de la momificación del cadáver fue la frialdad extrema y perpetua de la región donde el individuo falleció. Gracias a su descubrimiento se ha obtenido valiosa información sobre el periodo en que vivió.
Las ropas de Ötzi, incluyendo una capa, un chaleco y zapatos tejidos de cuero.
Se confirmó que Ötzi fue asesinado.

PREHISTORIC 5

They are harpoons.

They were used for hunt whales.

PREHISTORIC 4

It is a cromlechs.

It was used as sanctuaries.

PREHISTORIC 3

It is a dolmen.

It was used to bury the deaths.

PREHISTORIC 2

It is a silex axe.

It was used for cut meat. And to peel the animals.

PREHISTORIC

It is a female sculture.

It was used for an amulet. And it was in houses.

Me confundí...

It's a holm oak.

It's a pine.

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La temperatura ideal en primavera en esta region, no es verdad ya que algunas veces, aquí normalmente en semana santa hace un frío aterrador.
El el trecer párrafo, dice que las montañas suavizan el clima de la costa norte.
Las temperaturas de verano (en el ultimo parrafo) son extremas para este clima.

Landscape and vegetation 13

It's a tree. It's a beech.

Landscape and vegetation 12

It's a tree. It's an oak.

Landscape and vegetation 11

It's a tree. It's a chestnut.

Landscape and vegetation 10

It's a deciduous forest.

Landscape and vegetation 9

It's a steppe.

Landscape and vegetation 8

It's a tree. It's a holm oak.

Landscape and vegetation 7

It's a prairie.

Landscape and vegetation 6

It's a moor.

Landscape and vegetation 5

It's a evergreen forest.

Landscape and vegetation 4

I think it's a meadow in the mountains. It can be a valley.

Landscape and vegetation 3

It's a tree. It's a palm tree.

Landscape and vegetation 2

This is a tree. It's a cork oak.

Landscape and vegetation 1

This picture refers to a shrub.

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Pricipales sistemas montañosos:

Cantabrian range: It´s located in the north-west of Spain. It´s divided ''Castilla y León'' from Cantabria.

Mountains of Leon: They are on the South-east of Galicia.

Iberian Mountain Chain: It's on on the east of the Sub-Plateau.

Central Mountain Chain: It's in the centre of the Sub-Plateau

Sierra Morena: It's on the south of the Southern Sub-plateau.

Betic Chain: It's on the south of Spain.

Catalan Coastal Chain: It's on the east of Spain.

Pyrenees: They separated France from Spain.

Veleta

El Veleta es, con 3.398 msnm, la tercera cumbre más alta de la península Ibérica y segunda de su cordillera. Está enclavado en la provincia de Granada, en Andalucía (España), y pertenece a Sierra Nevada, en la cordillera Penibética. Su coordenada UTM es 30S 675013, tomando el elipsoide Hayford.
Bajo su sombra, en la zona denominada Corral del Veleta existe un zona de permafrost con hielo fósil que se estima de la última glaciación, hace 13 mil años de antigüedad, que demuestra que Sierra Nevada fue una zona glaciar activa hasta que el glaciar del Corral del Veleta, se derritió completamente en el verano de 1913. Desde entonces, el glaciar más meridional de Europa se encuentra en el pico Gran Sasso, en los Apeninos, pero en la cara norte del Veleta aún hay neveros que permanecen todo el año.
Su silueta en forma de vela es muy característica y se observa desde Granada, por lo que el Veleta es uno de los picos más fotografiados del mundo, al encontrarse detrás de la Alhambra. En sus faldas se encuentra la estación de esquí de Sierra Nevada, en Pradollano, que comienza a 2.100 metros de altura y culmina cerca de la cima del Veleta. Junto al pico también se encuentra el puerto de montaña más alto de Europa a 3.367 m de altura.