Adolphe Braun (1812-1877)

COURT OF THE LIONS, ALHAMBRA, SPAIN, c.1880. Mammoth plate carbon print, image size approx. 800 x 650mm, numbered in pencil verso. Framed.

The Court of the Lions (Patio de los Leones; وهبعابسلا ) is the main courtyard of the Nasrid-dynasty Palace of the Lions in the heart of the Alhambra, the Moorish citadel formed by a complex of palaces, gardens and forts in Granada, Spain. It was commissioned by the Nasrid sultan Muhammed V. of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. Its construction started in the second period of his reign, between 1362 and 1391 AD.