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GRANADA – Alhambra – Court of the Lions – PillarsThe Courtyard of the Lions is an oblong courtyard, 35 m in length and 20 m in width, surrounded by a low gallery supported on 124 white marble columns. A pavilion projects into the courtyard at each extremity, with filigree walls and light dom [...]
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GRANADA – Alhambra – Court of the Lions – FountainThe Courtyard of the Lions is the main courtyard of the Nasrid dynasty Palace of the Lions, in the heart of the Alhambra, the Moorish citadel formed by a complex of palaces, gardens and forts in Granada, Spain. It was commissioned by the Nasri [...]
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GRANADA – AlhambraThe name Alhambra comes from an Arabic root which means "red or crimson castle", perhaps due to the hue of the towers and walls that surround the entire hill of La Sabica which by starlight is silver but by sunlight is transformed into gold. B [...]
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GRANADA – Alhambra – Mirador de DaraxaTFrom the Hall of the Ajimeces (Sala de los Ajimeces) you enter into Daraxa's Mirador (Mirador de Daraxa) through a big pointed arch of mocarabes. There is a poem among the inscriptions that decorate its jambs, as well as a skirting board with [...]
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GRANADA – Cuidad de Granada – AlhambraThe Alhambra was so called because of its reddish walls (in Arabic «qa'lat al-Hamra'» means Red Castle). It is located on top of the hill al-Sabika, on the left bank of the river Darro, to the west of the city of Granada and in front of the ne [...]
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GRANADA – Cuidad de GranadaGranada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Beiro, the Darro, the Genil and the M [...]
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NIMTOFTE – Djurs Sommerland – Drage KongenDjurs Sommerland (Djur's Summer Land) is an amusement park, situated 3 kilometers north of Nimtofte on Djursland, 23 kilometers west of Grenaa, and 36 km east of Randers, Denmark. The park was opened in 1981, and it has been expanded every yea [...]
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NIMTOFTE – Djurs Sommerland – Pirate KarloLocated in the Danish countryside just a few kilometers from the Kattegat Bay separating the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, Djurs Sommerland has been expanding ever since it opened in 1981. The park is divided up into the following sections: P [...]
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ARNHEM – Koninklijke Burgers’ Zoo – TigerThe Sumatran tiger is unfortunately seriously threatened. Scientists estimate that there are only a few hundred animals in the wild on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The precious fur, the demand for tiger body parts for medicinal use, large [...]
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