The Hall of the Two Sisters (Granada)

Spain / Granada / Granada
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The Hall of the Two Sisters (Sala de Dos Hermanas) did not receive this name because of a legend or an event that took place in it, as many tend to believe. The hall was so called because of two big twin marble flagstones that are part of the floor. This hall was in the centre of a series of chambers where the sultana and her family lived.
The place is located in The Palace of the Lions
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Coordinates:   37°10'37"N   3°35'21"W

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  • The "Dos Hermanas" hall presents a central square space with the function of a Mexuar or council hall for the viziers. It is covered by a cupola with "mocarabes" or "muqarbas" over an octagonal drum, flanked by three lateral rooms and at the rear the "Mirador of Lindaraja", used as the throne room, from which the sultan could contemplate the capital of the sultanate. This hall was constructed by Mohamed V during the first part of his reign (between 1354 and 1358) and was used as a new Mexuar of the sultan, whose throne was placed at the "Mirador of Daraxa" or "Mirador of Lindaraja". In this room lived A'isha, the mother of Boabdil, once it was repudiated by They Muley.
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