The Wine Gate, original entrance to palaces

Facade of the Comares Palace which was built in 1370 to celebrate the conquest of Algeceiras

Remains of plaster imprints from looting over the centuries; the reason that the ceilings of the Alhambra are its pride

Court of the Myrtles illustrating Moorish technique of increasing sense of space using reflections from pools

Plaster images adorn vast areas of the palaces

Detail of another plaster image

Ceilings of plaster and wood are the pride ...

of the Alhambra

A small niche called a taqa to place vessels with liquids

No matter how tall, the design escalates.

The writing on the wall is a poem about the birth of the sultan's son.

Ceiling of the Sala de Dos Hermanas, "The Hall of Two Sisters"

Ceilings ...

and more ceilings

Courtyard of Charles V Palace, construction began after the Christian occupation in 1526 and unfinished to this day

Alabastar bowl in The Alhambra Museum, located in the Charles V Palace

Pillars in Charles V Palace, an example of Italian Renaissance architecture

Detail of the pillars

One of the surprises on the tour of the Nasrid Palaces!