The Alhambra

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The Alhambra
http//www.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/1-700.h
tml
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http//map-of-spain.co.uk/large-map-of-spain.htm
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• al-hamra- Arabic for the red
• built from 1338-1390
• palace of the Nasrid dynasty
• Four stylistic periods
• consistent with the Moorish tradition of
  architecture
• materials include marble, ceramic tile, stucco,
  wood, stone, among others
• covers about 35 acres, one and a half mile of
  hilltop at one time included government
  buildings, royal residences, mosques, baths,
  servants quarters, barracks, stables, a mints,
  workshops, gardens

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From A History of Architecture on the
comparative method Sir Banister Fletcher. p.1232.
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Sala de los Justicia
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cation_id1420image_id12604
http//archnet.org/library/images/one-image.tcl?lo
cation_id1420image_id12623
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Sala de los Abencerrajes
both images retrieved from
httpwww.vivagranada.com/alhambra/lions.htm
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Hall of Two Sisters
all images retrieved from httpwww.vivagranada
.com/alhambra/lions.htm
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Throne Room
all images retrieved from httpwww.vivagranada.co
m/alhambra/lions.htm
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Patio de los Leones
http//www.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/3-700.h
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http//www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_
Alhambra.html/cid_2456535.gbi
http//quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/6-700.html
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httpwww.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/7-700.htm
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httpwww.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/5-700.htm
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http//www.vivagranada.com/alhambra/lions.htm
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Patio de los Arrayanes
http//www.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra-extras/
3-400.html
httpwww.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_Al
hambra.html/cid_2455747.gbi
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httpwww.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_Al
hambra.html/cid_2343022.gbi
http//www.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/3-700.h
tml
httpwww.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_Al
hambra.html/cid_2343497.gbi
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http//www.vivagranada.com/alhambra/lions.htm
http//www.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/2-400.h
tml
http//homepages.tcp.co.uk/nicholson/alhambra/alh
ambra-02.html
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Generalife
http//quovadimus.org/spain99/generalife/index.htm
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httpwww.homepages.tcp.co.uk/nicholson/alhambra/a
lhambra-24.html
http//quovadimus.org/spain99/generalife-extras.ht
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http//quovadimus.org/spain99/generalife/2-400.htm
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Other Gardens
http//quovadimus.org/spain99//alhambra/10-700.htm
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httpwww.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_Al
hambra.html/cid_2344087.gbi
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More Gardens
http//ultimatejourney.com/Chap6/html
httpwww.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/12-400.ht
ml
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Palacio de Carlos V
http//bolita0001.eresmas.net/granada/alhambra/car
losv/carlosv.html
http//www.quovadmius.org/spain99/alhambra-extras/
2-400.html
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Bibliography

• http//www.groveart.com 2/7/2005
• http//www.greatbulidings.com 2/7/2005
• http//www.ultimatejourney.com/Chap6.html
  2/7/2005
• http//www.quovadimus.org/spain99/alhambra/
  2/7/2005
• http//homepages.tcp.co.uk/nicholson/alhambra/alh
  ambra.html 2/7/2005
• http//lexicorient.com/spain/alhambra01.htm
  2/7/2005
• http//www.vivagranada.com/alhambra.lions.htm
  2/7/2005
• http//www.bolita0001.eresmas.net/granada/alhambra
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  Jersey, 2005.
• Fletcher, Sir Banister. Architecture on the
  comparative method Charles Sribners Sons, New
  York, 1967.