manuel cohen

Arches, Royal Bedroom, Mudejar Palace, Real Alcazar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Horseshoe arches with decorative plasterwork crowned with shells, symbolising the life cycle of humans, in the Royal Bedroom, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The bedroom has arched alcoves which were hung with drapes and an alfarje panelled wooden ceiling built in the 14th century. 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

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: LC17_SPAIN_MC063.jpg
Image Size: 7087x4724 / 7.7MB; www.manuelcohen.com; 1364 14th century Al-Andalus alcazar Andalucia Andalusia Andalusian Arabic script arch architectural detail architecture bedroom building capital color colour decorative Europe European heritage history horizontal horseshoe arch Iberia Iberian Peninsula image indoors inside interior Islamic King Pedro I Moor Moorish Mudejar Mudejar architecture Mudejar Palace palace Palacio del Rey Don Pedro Pedro I of Castile plaster plasterwork real alcazar Reales Alcazares de Sevilla royal alcazar Royal Alcazars of Seville Royal Bedroom royal palace Sevilla Seville Southern Europe Southern European Spain Spanish tourism tourist attraction travel UNESCO UNESCO World Heritage Site
Contained in galleries

Horseshoe arches with decorative plasterwork crowned with shells, symbolising the life cycle of humans, in the Royal Bedroom, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The bedroom has arched alcoves which were hung with drapes and an alfarje panelled wooden ceiling built in the 14th century. 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