Alhambra Palace Complex

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Title	Alhambra Palace Complex
Alternate Title	Palaces of the Alhambra and Generalife
View	Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes), viewed across the reflecting pond (34 m long)
Notes	The pond divides the patio and receives its water from two fountains (one at each end of the pond). There are chambers on both sides of the patio and several porticoes on the shorter sides of it. These porticoes rest on columns with cubic capitals, which have seven semicircular arches decorated with fretwork rhombuses and inscriptions praising God
Work Type	fortifications castles (fortifications) buildings houses official residences palaces royal palaces complexes sites (locations) historic sites
Style/Period	Mudejar Nasrid
Creator Name	unknown
Creator Nationality	Islamic and Spanish
Subject.work	architecture rulers and leaders Moors Moorish Spain Iberian Andalusian Al Andalus
Country	Spain
City	Granada
State/Province	Granada
Location.Notes	Andalusia; Calle Real Alhambra
Architectural Material	stone; polychrome glazed ceramic tile; terra cotta roof tile
Technique	carving (processes); fabrication attributes: ceramics; prefabrication
Dates	9th century-1492 (inclusive)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	9/12/2010
Subject Information	The palaces of the Alhambra and Generalife form the most important architectural ensemble to survive from the Nasrid period (1232-1492). The walled Alhambra city which sits on a steep hill, comprised the Alcazaba (alqa?aba: ' fortress' ), palaces, mansions, two mosques, baths (?ammams), an industrial zone with tanneries, a mint, kilns, workshops, and some adjacent royal estates such as the Generalife. The Generalife was built on ascending terraces. The sovereign reached the Generalife's royal mansion, the Dar al-Mamlaka al-Sa' ida (' royal house of felicity' ), from the Alhambra's Puerta de Hierro, also built by Muhammad II. He ascended through orchards, crossed a first courtyard and entered the second through a guarded south portico, to ascend to a vestibule with a structural bench and up a steep staircase to the Patio de la Acequia. Gardens and fountains are interspersed throughout the palace complex. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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