2-492-262 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Court of the Lions, the Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, c1924. The palace of the Moorish kings of Granada, the Alhambra is a masterpiece of Islamic architecture. The majority of the palace was built between 1248 and 1354. The Court of the Lions is a rectangular courtyard at the centre of which is a fountain consisting of an alabaster basin supported by twelve marble lions. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, first volume, The Fleetway House, London, c1924.