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Patio de los Arrayanes


Patio de los Arrayanes
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Copyright: Syed Islam (siislam) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 99 W: 0 N: 79] (1389)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-15
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Final Version, Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-19 7:50
Viewed: 519
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes) has received different names throughout time. 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. The pond divides the patio and receives its water from two fountains (one at each end of the pond). There are chambers on both sides of the patio and several porticoes on the shorter sides of 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.








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Wonderful picture, great architecture.

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