The Alhambra

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The book begins, as a good travel book should, with an excellent schematic laying out the palace from the entrance (today) at the First Court, through the Court of Machuca, the Court of the Myrtles, to the Gardens and Hall of the Kings, 22 major areas. Built by a threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, it was preserved as a monument to the triumph of Christianity. The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada with its fountained courts and gardens and intricate decoration has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty.Ultimately the complex has to be enjoyed as an aesthetic experience rather than a historical document. The furthest Irwin will concede, when retailing some guidebook explanation of the site, is to say, ‘Well, it is possible, I suppose,’ or some variant thereof.

The authors, who live in Granada or travel there often, belong to a group of local experts and travel bloggers. Pretty as it is, it was built on the cheap: instead of marble or even much stone, most of its effects are faked up from tilework and stucco (though to quite stupendous effect). In the Alhambra, Nasrid art reached its finest expression, perfecting many of the resources that were characteristic of Hispano-Muslim tradition.The successive occupants of the site continued to build new defensive elements, gardens and spaces for the Nasrid court, such as the Mexuar, the Court of the Lions, and the Court of the Myrtles. Rating: 8/10 Synopsis: The morning before he found the dead body, Jathan Algevin thought he had his whole life just the way he wanted it. Add to this the many beautiful photographs of Francisco Fernandez and you have a book that works well as both source book and souvenir.