Architectonic cards:
- Title: Court of the Lions
- Author: Mohamed V
- Year: 1362 - 1391
- Style: Nasrid architecture
- Technique: White marble
- General description: In the Alhambra, the palace of the Lions marks the climax of its architecture. Synthesis and symbol of its decorative richness and at the same time of the significnte of the hydraulic complex of the enclosure, its well known source has been preserved.
Introduction
The name of this palace is The Court of the Lions, commissioned by Mohamed V between the years 1362 and 1391. This palace marks the climax of its architecture.
Analysis
The plant od this palace is rectangular, and surrounded by a gallery as a Christian cloister, away from the style of the typical Muslim patio Andalusian, close to presenting the Patio de los Arrayanes, supported by 124 columns of white marble and fine shaft, which present at its top lots of rings, and hold cubic capitals and large abacus, decorated with inscriptions and atauriques. Under the frieze of carved wooden banked plaster arches, less of the pavilions and ends of the sides run longer Gallery, which are of muqarnas, with decorated pierced lozenge enjuntas. The two centers of the longer sides of the courtyard are greater than the rest semi-circular arches and possess a muqarnas archivolts, while the Spandrels decorated atauriques. These bows communicate the courtyard with the Hall of the Abencerrages and the Sala de Dos Hermanas. Above these arches we can distinguish the quarters of the women of the sultan. In the center of each of the short qanats are pavilions, advancing on the patio, of plant square, and covered by semi-spherical domes of wood inside.
Introduction
The name of this palace is The Court of the Lions, commissioned by Mohamed V between the years 1362 and 1391. This palace marks the climax of its architecture.
Analysis
The plant od this palace is rectangular, and surrounded by a gallery as a Christian cloister, away from the style of the typical Muslim patio Andalusian, close to presenting the Patio de los Arrayanes, supported by 124 columns of white marble and fine shaft, which present at its top lots of rings, and hold cubic capitals and large abacus, decorated with inscriptions and atauriques. Under the frieze of carved wooden banked plaster arches, less of the pavilions and ends of the sides run longer Gallery, which are of muqarnas, with decorated pierced lozenge enjuntas. The two centers of the longer sides of the courtyard are greater than the rest semi-circular arches and possess a muqarnas archivolts, while the Spandrels decorated atauriques. These bows communicate the courtyard with the Hall of the Abencerrages and the Sala de Dos Hermanas. Above these arches we can distinguish the quarters of the women of the sultan. In the center of each of the short qanats are pavilions, advancing on the patio, of plant square, and covered by semi-spherical domes of wood inside.
Conclusion
I like this palace because is conserved very well. Muslims left many good things in our country, as for example this palace. When I see this palace comes me peace, since it has a source and the lions give me peace of mind, but not is beacuse.
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