THE MEXUAR PATIO by BerniShand
Come out into the sunshine and look around, the little fountain in the centre was used for washing, make sure you dont trip over the edge ! Look up, these walls are decorated too, and there are shuttered windows - did the ladies of the Palace, safe in the knowledge that they couldn`t be seen, look down on the men going about their business and talking about important matters ? Im sure they must have, after all we women like to know everything thats going onaround the bottom of the walls are glazed tiles in jewel colours, topped by a deep frieze, some of the carvings are traditional Islamic ones, but here and there you will see carved flowers and foilage so the rulers must have been very progressive as at one time carving of organic things was considered a sin
the tour group that followed us in have all gone now, its quiet and peaceful again, lets go on, through the passage, into the Courtyard of the Myrtles
