Patio de los Leones (Court of the Lions), Palacios Nazaríes, La Alhambra, Granada, Spain: pavilion entrance to the Sala de los Reyes (Hall of the Kings)
The Court of the Lions (Patio de los Leones) is an oblong courtyard, 116 ft (35 m) in length by 66 ft (20 m) in width, surrounded by a low gallery supported on 124 white marble columns. A pavilion projects into the court at each extremity, with filigree walls and a light domed roof. The square is paved with coloured tiles and the colonnade with white marble, while the walls are covered 5 ft ( m) up from the ground with blue and yellow tiles, with a border above and below of enamelled blue and gold. The columns supporting the roof and gallery are irregularly placed. They are adorned by varieties of foliage, etc.; about each arch there is a large square of stucco arabesques; and over the pillars is another stucco square of filigree work.
Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Sala de los Reyes (Hall of the Kings), Patio de los Leones, Palacios Nazaríes, La Alhambra, Granada,
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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