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Shades of the Alhambra

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This old dreamy palace, as Washington Irving called it, is surely one of the loveliest buildings in the world. With its superb gardens, courtyards, and fountains, it has inspired writers, architects, designers, artists, and musicians. Almost immediately after the expulsion of the Moors in 1492 by the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabel, it became a place of legend, chivalry, and romance. Yet the architects of the Alhambra were regarded as usurpers from the moment the first Muslim army set foot in Spain in AD 711. Raleigh Trevelyan's elegant text and the wealth of illustrations tell the story of the conquest of the Moorish kingdom of Granada and the effect the Alhambra has had on the imagination over the centuries.

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Shades of the Alhambra, Raleigh Trevelyan

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Titre
Shades of the Alhambra
Langue
Anglais
Publié
1984
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This old dreamy palace, as Washington Irving called it, is surely one of the loveliest buildings in the world. With its superb gardens, courtyards, and fountains, it has inspired writers, architects, designers, artists, and musicians. Almost immediately after the expulsion of the Moors in 1492 by the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabel, it became a place of legend, chivalry, and romance. Yet the architects of the Alhambra were regarded as usurpers from the moment the first Muslim army set foot in Spain in AD 711. Raleigh Trevelyan's elegant text and the wealth of illustrations tell the story of the conquest of the Moorish kingdom of Granada and the effect the Alhambra has had on the imagination over the centuries.