Finally, some of the interior spaces from the #Alhambra harem area. One is a lacy tower that may have been meant for private prayer, and the second is an area where the sultans are thought to have slept (in simple niches, on the floor). #Alhambra #Spain #Granada #architecture #Muqarnas #Islam

Muqarnas is a three-dimensional architectural decorative element that flourished in its most complete form mainly during the Islamic period and is most pervasively used in domes and semi-domes. https://www.worldhistory.org/Muqarnas/ #History #IslamicArchitecture #Muqarnas

@c_stroebele

Genauso beeindruckend in #Palermo: die muslimisch-ägyptischen #Muqarnas in der normannisch-byzantinischen Hofkapelle #Palatina (nur halt viel schlechter sichtbar, weil ohne Goldgrund):
https://paulkreiner.wordpress.com/2019/10/20/bilderhimmel-und-spaghetti/