The Garden of the Partal (Granada)

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The Garden of the Partal (Jardines del Partal) covers all the area between the exit of the Rauda and the esplanade where the Ladies Tower (Torre de las Damas) stands. The garden that surrounded the royal palaces was in the same place and it was also laid out gradually. The Emperor's Chambers would later occupy that same location.
During the Arab period there were many buildings there. The buildings belonged to the magnates who lived around the Royal Palace (Palacio Real) and the most important one was the Ladies Tower (Torre de las Damas).
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Coordinates:   37°10'37"N   3°35'18"W

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  • Right in front of the Torre de las Damas, it is a large pool, which before had 2 large lions which are now in the Museum of the Alhambra. The two large marble lions that stood in the front of the gallery, and which dated back to the 14th Century, were originally from Maristán, in Albaycin. In 1995 the lions were moved to the Museum of the Alhambra in order to be restored and preserved. In the mid-nineteenth century, they had been in the Partal, where their preservation, chronology, function, and context were ignored.
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