The Royal Alcazar of Seville: ten hectares of land interwoven with the intangible web of a thousand years of history. Between ponds and plasterwork decoration, the shaded gardens and radiant rooms that make up the oldest Royal Palace in Europe still in regular use, the visitor is escorted on a stroll to contemplate all the artistic styles that have succeeded each other from the early Middle Ages to our own days.
A fascinating path over tile floors, chiselled tilework created for the glory and enjoyment of those who wrote the history of East and West ... and of those who never emerged from anonymity, voices lost in time that today come to our encounter.
Author(s): Manuel Andrés Hurtado García
Publisher: Pigmalión Ex Libris
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 242
Tags: Seville, Alcázar, Spain, Medieval architecture
Cover
Index
I. Introduction
1. Historical antecedents
II. Entrance
The Lion Gate
Lion Courtyard (Theatre of Vermondo Resta)
Hall of Justice
Plaster Patio
III. Courtyard of the Hunt and House of Contracts
Courtyard of the Hunt
House of Contracts. Historical introduction
Audience Chamber
Hall of Fans
Patios of the Asistant
IV. Upper royal apartments and permanent pottery exhibition
Introduction
Staircase to the upper royal apartments
Vestibule
Ante-oratory
Oratory of the Catholic Monarchs
Anteroom
Gala Dining Room
Billiards Room
Upper Gallery
Smoking Room
Aides-de-Camps’ Dining Room
Anteroom to Family Dining Room
Family Dining Room
Belvedere of the Catholic Monarchs
King Pedroʻs Bedroom
Upper Gallery of the Maidens’ Courtyard
Anteroomto the Official Study of H.M. the King
Audience Chamber
Official Antechamber
The Carranza Collection
V. Mudéjar Palace of Pedro I
Historical introduction
Façade
Vestibule
Maidens’ Courtyard
Bedroom of King Pedro I or Royal Chamber
Hall of Lost Steps
Patio of the Dolls
The Prince’s Hall
Hall of the Catholic Monarchs’ Ceiling
Hall of the Philip II Ceiling
Ambassadors’ Hall
Rooms to the side of the Ambassadors’ Hall
Hall of the Charles V Ceiling
Quarters of the Infantes
VI. Gardens
Introduction
Hispano-Muslim gardens
Baths of María de Padilla
The Mercury Pool
Gallery of the Grutescos and Fountain of Fame
The Ladies’ Garden
Garden and Pavilion of the Alcoba
Garden of the New Maze
Pavilion of the Lion
Garden of the Cross or of the Old Maze
English garden
Garden of the Poets
Marchena Gate
Garden of the Water Spout
Garden of the Alcubilla
VII. Gothic palace and carriage entrance
Introduction
Gothic hall
Cantarera Hall
Chapel
Hall of Tapestries
Courtyard of the Crossing
Carriage entrance
Translator’s glossary
