The Alhambra in Grenada is a fortress 2 kms long. Only the hearty tourist ventures here – 8,000 per day! These photos were quick shots indeed when I could find an open corner of a room. I’ll add notes to these pix soon.
Moorish walls are made of brick – the stone in the foreground would be added later.
The low walls were where housing was originally. This was an entire community on a plateau built to defend the area.
Horse shoe arches and brick walls – plain on the outside – do not show off your gold and silver (but just wait until you see the patterns inside!)
The details are done in plaster and follow repetitive geometric patterns so the restoration can be reproduced with a good understanding of what was original.
Close up – the favorite letters say God is great – there are only 35 sayings repeated multiple times in the entire castle.
Tiles in patterns of squares and pentagons
Hil and Phil!
The travel group south of Spain!
Gardens! very little blooms this time of year!
Grenada means pomegranate! a luscious fruit and symbolic of the richness of this region.
Tourist collapse pose!
Patterns on walls, halls, ceilings and yes all the paths are in patterns – circles connecting to circles that make triangles and pentagons.
Fountains are fed by a sophisticated irrigation system. In the 10th century there were pools for bathing in every small house. The water comes from the mountains and is still very clean.
Peter Levin finds a great view of the Alhambra!
Streets are deliberately narrow to catch the bad guys who might dare to invade!
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