Jardines Bajos del Generalife, Palace entrance fountain (Alhambra) - Granada, Spain
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N 37° 10.650 W 003° 35.133
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This fountain can be found in the Jardines Bajos del Generalife near the Palace entrance.
Waymark Code: WMPPHH
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
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This fountain can be found in the Jardines Bajos del Generalife near the Palace entrance.
The main sprinkler of the fountain is not working but the eight sprinkles around it are working.
"The Palacio de Generalife was the summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid Emirs (Kings) of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, now beside the city of Granada in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
The palace and gardens were built during the reign of Muhammad III (1302–1309) and redecorated shortly after by Abu I-Walid Isma'il (1313–1324).
The complex consists of the Patio de la Acequia (Court of the Water Channel or Water-Garden Courtyard), which has a long pool framed by flowerbeds, fountains, colonnades and pavilions, and the Jardín de la Sultana (Sultana's Garden or Courtyard of the Cypress). The former is thought to best preserve the style of the medieval Persian garden in Al-Andalus.
Originally the palace was linked to the Alhambra by a covered walkway across the ravine that now divides them. The Generalife is one of the oldest surviving Moorish gardens.
The present-day gardens were started in 1931 and completed by Francisco Prieto Moreno in 1951. The walkways are paved in traditional Granadian style with a mosaic of pebbles: white ones from the River Darro and black ones from the River Genil.
The Generalife is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Granada, along with the Alhambra palace and gardens, and the Albayzín district."
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