El Palacio de los Leones de la Alhambra: ¿Madrasa, zāwiya y tumba de Muḥammad V? Estudio para un debate

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  • Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

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https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2001.v22.i1.227

Abstract


This article shows a new interpretation of the function of the famous Court of Lions in the Alhambra of Granada, built in the 1360's by Muḥammad V. The study of the contemporary architecture in the Maghreb (Fez, Sale, Tlemcen, etc.), the close relations between Muḥammad V of Granada and the neighbouring Islamic countries, his own knowledge of the architecture produced under the Marinid dynasty during his Moroccan exile in Fez from 1359 to 1362, etc., makes us reconsider the Palace of the Lions as a royal madrasa-zāwiya, where its founder could even have been buried in 1391. Moreover, this hypothesis would clearly explain the numerous anomalies the Palace of Lions presents.

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Published

2001-06-30

How to Cite

Ruiz Souza, J. C. (2001). El Palacio de los Leones de la Alhambra: ¿Madrasa, zāwiya y tumba de Muḥammad V? Estudio para un debate. Al-Qanṭara, 22(1), 77–120. https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2001.v22.i1.227

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