Charles V Ceiling Room, Mudejar Palace, Real Alcazar

Arch and alfiz with decorative plasterwork and Arabic script, and azulejos tiles, in the Salon del Techo de Carlos V, or Charles V Ceiling Room, 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's coffered wooden ceiling was made 1541-43 by Sebastian de Segovia. 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

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13439131

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45140212

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7087px x 4724px (11.5MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen