Alhambra Hall of the Abencerrajes
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Alhambra Hall of the Abencerrajes
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Alhambra, the Hall of the Abencerrajes. Granada, Spain.
Vertical panorama of the hall of the Abencerrajes as seen when coming in from the Court of the Lions.
The hall received its name because it is said that some knights, known as Abencerrajes, were beheaded there. There is a rust stain covering part of the marble fountain in the middle of the hall, which as the legend has it would be the remains of a bloodstain from the beheaded knights.
The hall's paving is made of marble and has a small fountain with a jet and a little channel that carries the water to the Court of the Lions. The hall's walls are covered with extremely fine plasterwork on different themes. A wonderful dome of mocarabes (hanging geometric plaster structures) shaped as an eight pointed star rests on eight pendentives, also of mocarabes. The dome proper starts from above a perimeter of sixteen windows that let a faint light filter through and illuminate the mocarabes creating a magic atmosphere in constant change.
Built around 1350 AD, the Hall of the Abencerrajes is one of the most spectacular palace halls in the whole world, taken directly from the Arabian Nights. Should you turn around, you would see the famous fountain of the court of the lions not ten yards away and the Hall of the Two Sisters at the opposite side.
A place of breathtaking beauty, preserved by the wisdom of a Sultan who was labelled a coward for surrendering the fortress before it was utterly destroyed in a fight he could not possibly win. I for one am grateful.
Other amazing Alhambra and Al-Andalusian images one copy-paste away in my Gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/alhambra+and+alandalus
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January 13th, 2020
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