dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Granada, Granada, Spain | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 9th century-1492 (inclusive) | en_US |
dc.creator | unknown (Islamic and Spanish) | en_US |
dc.date | 890-1492 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-03T18:04:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-03T18:04:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 890-1492 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 237109 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2597 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144844 | |
dc.description | East side of the Lion Courtyard, the Hall of the Kings (Sala de los Reyes); three porticoes with triple arches of mocarabes, decorated with carved rhombuses and supported by fine columns; The palaces of the Alhambra and Generalife form the most important architectural ensemble to survive from the Nasrid period (1232-1492). The walled Alhambra city which sits on a steep hill, comprised the Alcazaba (alqaṣaba: "fortress"), palaces, mansions, two mosques, baths (ḥammams), an industrial zone with tanneries, a mint, kilns, workshops, and some adjacent royal estates such as the Generalife. The Generalife was built on ascending terraces. The sovereign reached the Generalife’s royal mansion, the Dar al-Mamlaka al-Sa'ida ("royal house of felicity"), from the Alhambra’s Puerta de Hierro, also built by Muhammad II. He ascended through orchards, crossed a first courtyard and entered the second through a guarded south portico, to ascend to a vestibule with a structural bench and up a steep staircase to the Patio de la Acequia. Gardens and fountains are interspersed throughout the palace complex. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/29/2012) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | stone; polychrome glazed ceramic tile; terra cotta roof tile | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
dc.subject | Moors | en_US |
dc.subject | Moorish Spain | en_US |
dc.subject | Iberian | en_US |
dc.subject | Andalusian | en_US |
dc.subject | Al Andalus | en_US |
dc.subject | Nasrid | en_US |
dc.subject | Mudéjar | en_US |
dc.title | Alhambra Palace Complex | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Palaces of the Alhambra and Generalife | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-S-G-AP-A6 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | Islamic Spanish | en_US |
vra.technique | carving (processes), prefabrication, fabrication attributes: ceramics | en_US |
vra.worktype | historic site | en_US |
vra.worktype | royal palace | en_US |
vra.worktype | castle (fortification) | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | unknown (Islamic and Spanish) | en_US |