The Alhambra

Main article: Alhambra The Alhambra is initiated by the founder of the dynasty, Muhammad I, which leaves the citadel located in the Albaicin Taifa and choose this hill to their place of residence. The place had the remains of a small fortification eleventh century fortress transformed into its own. To do this, gives it a double enclosure, one outside, like a barbecue or outer walls, and an inner reinforced by high towers. E install, inside a military area with houses, bath and cistern. From the Citadel develops the walled city studded with towers, while introducing some novelty to become housing palate. Despite the nature of these towers, the real core is the antiquities for sale so called Palatine Real Casa Vieja in the Alhambra, which includes the palaces of Comares and Leones. Apart from these residential and protocol, the city was also equipped with congregational mosque, baths, mint, district servers, royal cemetery and workshops.Major palatine nuclei must first note the Mechouar (mashwara) or room where the cabinet meets or viziers. Its construction was due to Ismail I, being reformed by Muhammad V. Despite having undergone major changes, your account rectangular room in the middle with four columns that supported a flashlight. Around this central space will have as many square rectangular rooms. Nazari capital Mechouar North of the courtyard stands the Golden Room. One side is enclosed by a large facade Comares call monumental because access to such a set palatine. Comares Palace, built by Yusuf I and Muhammad V restructured, is named after the Arabic term or qamriyya East qamariyya that is used for stained glass. The grand facade of Comares in the courtyard of the Cuarto Dorado in the tradition of antiquities auction Eastern monarchs, served under the king when she sat at public hearings granted to his subjects.But at the same time, clearly reveals his fa ade double destiny as one of its doors provides access to the residential area while the other introduced in the palace courtyard. This large rectangular courtyard, called for the Lions or the pool, is built around a central longitudinal axis which is occupied by a pool. The two sides of the rectangle were occupied by four private houses-two on each side-to four legitimate wives of the Sultan. The shorter sides, arcades, welcomed the southern crown prince's residence while in the north was that of the sultan. The antiquities latter is a bounded rectangular room with alcoves to what is known as the Hall de la Barca (baraka, blessing). A small hallway leads parallel to the room on its right end to a small chapel while in the far left stood a ladder to another camera located on the throne room.Finally, and lodged in the Tower antiquities dealers of Comares Egyptian antiquities powerful was the throne room or ambassadors whose wooden roof has been interpreted as the seven heavens of the Koranic paradise. In this room the king held device receptions and solemn ceremonies. Transversely to this set is the palace of the Lions, built by Muhammad V. Traditionally has been considered the private residence of the monarch, although it has recently been assigned a role similar to previous kernel. So, the Hall of Two Sisters act as Mechouar while Lindaraja vantage point would be the throne room. a collection of Greek, Roman, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Central European, Byzantine and Islamic are very special and expensive Whether any of these possible functions, the set is built around a courtyard at the intersection cruise is the source with twelve marble lions from an eleventh-century building. Moving in the shorter sides of the courtyard two separate pavilions while the four sides are arcades.At the heart of every one of them stay open the corresponding known by the names of Hall of the honeycomb, the Abencerrajes of the Kings and the Two Sisters.