Court of the Lions (Granada)

Spain / Granada / Granada
 courtyard, listed building / architectural heritage
The Patio of the Lions (Patio de los Leones) is probably the most famous place of the Alhambra. It is so called because of the twelve lions that throw jets of water and which are part of the fountain in the middle of the patio. The big dodecagon-shaped basin rests on top of these twelve lions that are around it. This white marble fountain is one of the most important examples of Muslim sculpture. A poem by Ibn Zamrak was carved on the border of the basin.
the soltan Mohammad alghany bellah 1354-1391 builded it
The place is located in The Palace of the Lions
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_the_Lions
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Coordinates:   37°10'37"N   3°35'21"W

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  • The enclosure is an allegory of paradise, a petrified oasis where the water flows and the 124 columns and the arcades are a symbol a forest of palms. This courtyard is the first one where a new architectural style is used: two water channels that flow from the spouts placed inside two big halls: the “Abencerrajes” and the “Dos Hermanas”. There are no windows looking out to the exterior, but there is an interior garden, which corresponds with the Moslem concept of paradise. What today is soil and gravel, in this courtyard, it was gardens then. From every room or hall four streams flowed to the center: the four rivers of paradise. The patio has openings on all four sides, which is unique in Nasrid residential architecture.
  • The Lion's palace consists of a central courtyard surrounded by galleries with columns, like a Christian cloister. The floor of this courtyard is 28.50m by 15.70m, occupying the centers of the two shorter galleries temples or pavilions, whose hemispherical domes are made of wood, resting on a frieze and muqarnas pendentives.
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