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  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    The Reflective Pools were used to add to the aesthetic and functional complexity. Moorish poets described Alhambra as "a pearl set in emeralds".

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

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  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

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  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

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  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    Columns and muqarnas appear in several chambers, and the interiors of numerous palaces are decorated with arabesques and calligraphy.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    The passage ways lead to a center court.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    The decorations consist of Arabic inscriptions manipulated into geometrical patterns wrought in arabesques.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    Everywhere throughout the Palace (Fort) there was incredible detailed art; the Moorish style reflects the Muslin art in its final European stages.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    Blue, red, and a golden yellow were the colors chiefly employed.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    Columns and muqarnas appear in several chambers, and the interiors of numerous palaces are decorated with arabesques and calligraphy.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

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  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

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  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    View from the Alhambra.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

    While the inside was lavish the outside remained austere.

  • The Alhambra and the Life Generalife:  Granada, Spain

    The Alhambra and the Life Generalife: Granada, Spain

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