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Alhambra: Context · Barrio Castrense of Alhambra in January 2025, picture taken from Tore de la Vela
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Palace · Historic precedent

Alhambra

Nasrid builders · Granada, Spain · 14th c.

Key featuresA sequence of courtyards, water and pattern, each room opening to the sky.

Architect
Nasrid builders
Place
Granada, Spain
Year
14th c.
Typology
Palace
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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