El Real Alcázar en imágenes

The Patio de las Doncellas: a long sunken pool between orange trees, framed by carved Mudéjar arches

Carved plaster arches and the upper gallery around the Patio de las Doncellas

The gilded wooden dome of the Hall of the Ambassadors, seen from below

Horseshoe arches of the Hall of the Ambassadors, seen from the Patio de las Doncellas

The vaulted underground pool of the Baths of Doña María de Padilla

The Mercury Pool and palm trees seen through an arch of the Alcázar gardens

A fountain pool in the gardens of the Real Alcázar

The Lion Gate, the visitors' entrance, with its tiled heraldic lion on a red wall

Star-pattern tilework in the Hall of the Ambassadors