This is one of the beautiful tile artworks that are littered all over the Alhambra. Becuase displaying people, animals, etc is not permitted to be used in artwork umong the Muslim religion, they have to use geometry and Coran verses. You will see more of this in upcoming photos.
A view of Granada looking through a minneret.
A horseshoe archway with some of the intricate Islamic detailing.
A close up of some of the mosaic tile work in the Alhambra. My Arabic is horrible so all I can make out is "Allah". An extreme rough translation of the script is something about how "without god there is nothing, or there is no other god but Allah" something along those lines.
An awesome picture of one of the multiple courtyards with a reflecting pool in the Alhambra
Another courtyard within the complex.
The detailing within another horseshoe archway. Notice the arabic script above it.
One of the really ornate ceilings. Keep in mind that all the ceilings, walls, archways. etc are entirely made of stone.
Another Coran verse carved within the walls. Whats really amazing is that the building is made mainly with stone, so how they were able to make all the detail work in an era where power tools did not exist is beyond me.
Another variation of ceiling detail
Another mosaic tile pattern on the walls.
Check out this dome that is entirely stone. Pretty talented construction workers.
A very programmatic, and well planned courtyard. Check out the linear waterway that leads to the fountain in the middle. You will see more of these waterways that are extremely planned. Remeber, in Islamic architecture, they can have people, animals, etc, so their style is going to be very geometrically planned.
Check out this dome and the shape of it. This is a constantly reocurring shape within Islamic architecture and the following pictures.
The beginning of the gardens that completely surrounnd the Alhambra. Some of these gardens are absolutely breath taking.
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