THE ALHAMBRA, Granada

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  Taracea chessboard
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  • Taracea chessboard
      Taracea chessboard
    by swiftfoot
  • Third-generation taracea master
      Third-generation taracea master
    by swiftfoot
  • Granada - View at Alhambra from Generalife
      Granada - View at Alhambra from...
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey
  • Washington Irving
      Washington Irving
    by Jim_Eliason
  • Granada - Alhambra - Blossoming spring
      Granada - Alhambra - Blossoming spring
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey
 
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    Taracea (wood inlay)

    by swiftfoot Written Nov 11, 2011 54 reviews
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    On your way to the Alhambra, you can enter a shop along Cuesta de Gomeres and watch a taracea artisan at work (www.taracea.com).

    The preparation of the geometrically-designed and multicolored wood material is even more painstaking than the act of assembling the pieces.

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    Generalife hill

    by Kuznetsov_Sergey Written Jun 3, 2006 4507 reviews

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    Granada - View at Alhambra from Generalife

    Stay for a while to watch Alhambra from the top of the opposite Generalife hill. And you'll feel how the atmosphere of the Middle Ages will get into you. Enjoy yourself: i's worth to come here even only for a minute...

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    Blossoming Alhambra

    by Kuznetsov_Sergey Written Jun 3, 2006 4507 reviews

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    Granada - Alhambra - Blossoming spring

    When visiting Alhambra, admiring its arcitecture, exiting its history don't foget to walk around the palace and watch these beautiful trees and flowers... Stay for a minute... Watch...
    And then you may go on with your excursion.

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    Alhambra -The Washington Irving apartments

    by Jim_Eliason Written Jul 9, 2005 4433 reviews

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    Washington Irving

    The famous American writer, Washington Irving, arrived in Granada to find the Alhambra in ruins and inhabited by sqatters. He took up residence here and wrote "tales of the Alhambra" a collection of fiction and legend concering the palace.

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