Ceiling, Prince's Rooms, Mudejar Palace, Real
Ceiling, with carved and painted geometric star pattern and heraldic symbols of the Catholic Monarchs, in both Mudejar and Renaissance styles, in the Cuarto del Principe, or Prince's Rooms, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The room is named after Juan de Aragon y Castile, son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabelle de Castile, born here in 1478. The room is accessed through the Patio de las Munecas, or Courtyard of the Dolls. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
