Sala de los Abencerrajes(The Hall of the Abencerrages). 알람브라 궁전(Alhambra). 그라나다(Granada)

Sala de los Abencerrajes(The Hall of the Abencerrages).

알람브라 궁전(Alhambra). 그라나다(Granada). 스페인(Spain)

 

 

Of the two residential areas surrounding the Court of the Lions, the rooms located at the south end of the Court developed around the Hall of the Abencerrages, which derived its name from a legend of the 16th century, according to which the members of this North-African family were invited to a banquet and then massacred in this hall.

 

The main room stands up over the level of the Court, which can be seen from the inside through the only opening of the hall, a wide door that conserves the original door, which is decorated with intricate woodwork that has been restored on various occasions.

 

It has a square ground floor design with a central 12-side marble fountain flanked by two alcoves that are framed by double arches. Most of its plasterwork decoration was restored in the 16th century; the Seville tile covered socle also dates from the 16th century.

 

Noteworthy is the eight-point stalactite star of the cupola that spreads out into eight trunk-like stalactites.

 

As is customary in Nasrid architecture, behind the entrance door we find two highly modified corridors that once led to a no longer existing toilet and to the upper floor or projecting loft over the Court

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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