The Palace of the Lions (Granada) | listed building / architectural heritage

Spain / Granada / Granada
 palace, listed building / architectural heritage
The Palace of the Lions (Palacio de los Leones) comprised the private chambers of the royal family and it was built in the angle formed by the Baths (Baños) and the Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes).
The palace comprises a central patio surrounded by several galleries with columns in the way a Christian cloister would be. From the central patio you may access the different halls: the Hall of the Mocarabes (Sala de los Mocárabes) to the west, the Hall of the Kings (Sala de los Reyes) to the east, the Hall of the Two Sisters (Sala de Dos Hermanas), the Hall of the Ajimeces (Sala de los Ajimeces) and Daraxa's Mirador (Mirador de Daraxa) to the north and the Hall of the Abencerrajes (Sala de los Abencerrajes) and the Harem (Harén) to the south.

In this building

  1. porticoe
  2. porticoe
  3. Court of the Lions
  4. The Hall of the Ajimeces
  5. Hall of the Kings
  6. The Hall of the Two Sisters
  7. The Hall of the Abencerrajes
  8. Hall of the Mocarabes
  9. Daraxa's Mirador
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Coordinates:   37°10'37"N   3°35'21"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago