Alhambra Hall Two Sisters Dome
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Alhambra Hall Two Sisters Dome
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Alhambra Hall of the Two Sisters dome. Granada, Spain.
Zenital view of the honeycombed dome of the Hall of the Two Sisters, by the court of the Lions, in the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra de Granada, the last kingdom of Al-Andalus in Spain.
The hall received its name from two twin marble flagstones on the floor and was the center of the Sultan's first wife's chambers.
The paving 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.
However, the most impressing element of the hall is the beautiful and perfect honeycombed dome, the center of which hangs right on the vertical of the little round fountain on the floor. Its lighting was carefully considered and it comes from lateral little windows. The dome resembles a beautiful and exquisitely rich flower.
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
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August 25th, 2019
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