Alhambra Hall of the Two Sisters
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Alhambra Hall of the Two Sisters
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Alhambra Hall of the Two Sisters at night. Granada, Spain.
Vertical panorama of the hall of the Two Sisters, its unique cupola and Lindaraja's Balcony, as seen at night from its only entrance from the Court of the Lions.
The hall received its name from two twin marble flagstones on the floor. This hall was the center of the Sultan's first wife's chambers.
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.
Built around 1350 AD, the Hall of the Two Sisters in the Alhambra 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.
A place of breathtaking beauty, preserved by the wisdom of a Sultan who was later 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
Weston Westmoreland.
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November 13th, 2017
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