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  • jeff1955malaysia
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5,056 contributions
    Entrance to the hall of justice
    After you get your ticket you need to walk up a small hill to reach to the top. Along the way there are towers, water steams till get to the top. Once in, you will see the beauty of this place
    Review of: Puerta de la Justicia
    Written 23 April 2023
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  • Mikael F
    Helsinki, Finland30,581 contributions
    The impressive main hall of Nasrid Palaces
    The Hall of the Ambassador is the most majestic hall of the palace, where the throne was and where official receptions took place. It was the symbolic center of Nasrid's power. The walls and the ceiling are stunningly decorated.
    Review of: Salón de los Embajadores
    Written 2 April 2023
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  • Mairwen1
    United Kingdom8,651 contributions
    Exploring the Alhambra Stop #2 – Stunning Reflection Pool
    This is one of the 3 Nasrid palaces that make up the Alhambra complex. The Comares Palace was built in the 1300s as the official residence of the Sultan. This was where the throne room was located and where he received guests and dignitaries. It was designed to impress. Once you enter, you follow a one-way path through the palaces. First you pass through the the darkened passageways of the Mexuar, before coming to the Comares palace, where you will see:

    1. the Patio de los Arrayanes (Courtyard of Myrtles) - a bright, open and serenely beautiful space with a long reflection pool running down the middle
    2. the Sala de la Barca (Hall of the Boat), a reception area leading through to the Ambassadors’ Hall.
    3. The Hall of Ambassadors & the stunning celestial ceiling. It is an incredible star-scape that recreates the heavens.
    4. Comares Tower

    Throughout the palace, the walls are covered with geometrically patterned, multi-coloured tiles (azulejos) and ivory coloured stucco plaster with rows and rows of poetic Arabic inscriptions, quotes from the Koran, and praises to God. It’s easy to be overwhelmed. It really is as beautiful as it sounds.
    
TICKETS – Tickets for the Nasrid palaces are timed. We booked an early time slot and went here first. This worked really well because we spent so much more time there than we’d imagined. The other areas (Generalife, museum, Alcazabar) don’t have timed entry slots, so once we’d seen the Nasrid palaces, we were free to see them at our leisure, with no time constraints. Whatever you do, don’t miss your time slot or you risk missing out altogether.
    Review of: Palacio de Comares
    Written 12 January 2021
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  • jeff1955malaysia
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5,056 contributions
    Beautiful reflecting pool
    This is a very beautiful section within the Alhambra complex. They have a pool with an amazing reflection. The water flows like waves in the sea.
    Review of: Palacio El Partal
    Written 24 April 2023
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  • Mairwen1
    United Kingdom8,651 contributions
    Exploring the Alhambra Stop #6 - A Story of Murder & Mayhem….
    This is one of the small but beautiful rooms belonging to the Nasrid Palaces that make up the Alhambra complex. It is a part of the Court of Lions and sits off to the side of the main courtyard.
    The most striking feature is the domed muqarna ceiling, which reminded us of an exploding star.
    Most intriguingly, there is a torrid love/murder story attached to it. Thirty members of the Abencerraje family were said to have been massacred here. The Sultan of Granada was incensed when he suspected that the head of the Abencerraje family was having an affair with his favourite slave-turned-concubine-turned-wife, Zoraya. Enraged, he had all 30 decapitated during a banquet and their heads piled up in the fountain. It’s hard to imagine as the fountain is not that big. You can’t help but imagine heads tumbling all over the place like some sort of macabre Jenga tower. According to the story, the blood from this slaughter marked the fountain permanently, leaving reddish stains that have never washed away. Science would probably suggest that the marks are from oxidisation but that doesn't have quite the same ring about it and we liked the story better.
    Review of: Sala De Los Abencerrajes
    Written 13 January 2021
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