Detail of the decorative plasterwork with the lions and 3-towered castles of Castile and Leon, on the facade of the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Patio de la Monteria, or Courtyard of the Hunt, where the King would assemble with his nobles and scouts or monteros to go hunting, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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