Hola! Today’s blog will be a photo blog, as I have a large amount of photos and I want to keep the amount of words and photos balanced. I’ll give a brief story or fact underneath there if there is one, but otherwise, enjoy my photos of La Alhambra!
This is the palace of the Catholic kings and queens. It’s much more modern and flashy on the outside than the palace of the moorish kings and queens, and so it displays the differences in the religions quite well.
The inside of the Catholic palace
You can see a bit of the first part of the moorish palace on the right beyond the hedges
The military quarter
The whole view of the moorish palace. They believed that you should not flash your wealth on the outside – that the best of you should be on the inside. Therefore, the outside of their homes were simple and not quite as lavish, while the inside was luxurious and ornate.
The entryway of the moorish palace
On into the main part of the palace
A close-up of some of the ornate carvings
The moors included pools in a lot of their palaces and buildings because it was a symbol to them. All of the world will crumble to dust around you with time – the people, the palace, everything. Yet, the water will forever remain to reflect everything around it. It’s the one part of their lives that they believe will last forever.
This is me, in case you can’t tell!
This was one of the biggest things I’d studied in my classes so I was so excited to see it!
This was made to look like a cave, similar to a scene in the Koran I believe?
The dad sign was for a part of a father’s day present – don’t mind that, haha.
We got to touch the water in the basins!
This is where we started in the palace gardens, or the generalife
Family picture!
There was a bride getting photos taken here! I’d love to have my wedding in Granada, I was so envious.
And we finished off our day in the marketplace, shopping around!
I’ll probably have a post tomorrow with an all-compassing post about what all has happened this week – I may have to separate it into two, though, because San Juan was pretty darn cool and I’ve done a lot! I’ll be up at 4:30AM for my 6:50AM flight to Paris, so I’ll have plenty of time to write a post at the airport.
On a side note, I finished my finals today! So thrilled to finally not have anything to stress about, I’m pretty sure I passed with flying colors! I could not be more sad about this being my last Spanish class ever, and I really don’t want to leave Spain. But I tell myself that I’ll be back some day, and that certainly helps! 🙂
Nos vemos,
Makenna Graham
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