Sooo... here are all my Alhambra pictures. Actually - this is really paired down ;-)
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| view from the gardens on Granada below |
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| Inside the garden walls |
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| garden courtyard into the palace. The detailed tile work was so fantastic - all the way up AND on the ceiling, too |
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| The stone work on the streets - all through Granada! |
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| ceiling and left over tiles from a Moorish bath house |
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| inside a Mooring bath house |
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| tile work inside the palace - so intricate!! |
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| more garden shots |
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| I loved the eagle heads holding the rings on the outside of the palace walls |
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| City of Alhambra |
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| Oldest remnant of the old palace and the view - you can see where we took the pictures of Alhambra last night across the way |
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| upclose with the tile work |
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| lion fountain in the middle of the palace |
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| this is the ceiling in the palace. it is encrusted with tiny painted enclaves/alcoves |
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| Huge door within a door with beautiful wood working (I got a little carried away with all the doors on my trip - those are all posted on my Pinterest page if you are interested) |
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| Napoleon Dynamite pondering in the garden courtyard of the palace |
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| Palace outside doors |
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| detail of the arches inside the palace |
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| Lots of little water grottos and fountains - which were a sign of power and wealth in the desert |
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| Little door out in the gardens at then end of the pathway |
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| Our group along the way and some of the stone work in the gardens |
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| garden walkways |
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| peeking out of the gardens |
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| Cool walkway grown with oleanders |
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| Roman ruins being excavated underneath the palace |
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| Artisan making the intricate boxes inlayed with stone, shell, wood and metal |
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| roof of the Moorish bathhouse |
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| colored cement tiles on the floor of a tea house |
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| the pomegranate (granada) was the theme for the tiles, sidewalks and city and were growing along the streets in Alhambra |
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| more tile work details - just couldn't get enough of it! |
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| Mom and Dad in the palace courtyard |
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| more little painted enclaves |
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| another door with in a door - so intricate ! |
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| loved the wordworking on the framing around this door |
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| hall way in the palace courtyard - there is a little fountain on the ground in the center that fills the other fountains connected to it |
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| couldn't resist! Could be really good for my math class on tessellations and translations... |
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| view from one of the windows |
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| garden courtyard |
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