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The Alhambra in Granada – Patio de Arrayanes –––––––––––– The Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes) is part of the palace and fortress complex of the Alhambra. It is located east of the Gilded Room (Cuarto Dorado) and west of the Patio of the Lions and the Baths. Its current name is due to the myrtle bushes that surround the central pond and the bright green colour of which contrasts with the white marble of the patio. It was also called the Patio of the Pond or the Reservoir (Patio del Estanque o de la Alberca) because of the central pond, which is 34 metres long and 7,10 meters wide.[1] The patio is divided in two sides by the pond, which receives its water from two fountains. The space has chambers and porticoes around it. These porticoes rest on columns with cubic capitals, which have seven semicircular arches decorated with fretwork rhombuses and inscriptions praising God. The central arch is greater than the other six and has solid scallops decorated with stylised vegetal forms and capitals of mocarabes. The most important chambers that surround the Patio are the ones in the north side, which are part of the Comares Palace, the official residence of the King. Wikipedia (37.17708, -03.58964); [00°]

Granada – Cathedral Columns to the heaven. What have we done that the sky needs such a strong brace support? ;-) (37.17645, -03.59939)

Arcos de la Frontera (36.7473, -05.8043)

Sevilla, Real Alcazar – Los Baños de Doña Maria de Padilla. Für => Uli María de Padilla (1334 –1361) was the mistress of King Peter of Castile. She was a Castilian noblewoman, daughter of Juan García de Padilla (died between 1348 and 1351) and his wife María González de Henestrosa (died after September 1356). In 1353 King Peter of Castile married her after he put his former wife Princesse Blanche von Bourbon in prison. => Version Ko Hummel (April 2019) (37.38397, -05.99074); [320°]

Granada – Inglaterra (37.17716, -03.59747); [260°]