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  • A 1990s Hungarian gentleman snoozes in the shade of trees at the Szechenyi spa hotel, on 13th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
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  • Porchester Spa sauna on the 29th November 2019 in London In the United Kingdom. The Porchester Spa in west London is the capitals oldest Spa.
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  • Porchester Spa swimming pool on the 29th November 2019 in London In the United Kingdom. The Porchester Spa in west London is the capitals oldest Spa.
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  • Porchester Spa sauna on the 29th November 2019 in London In the United Kingdom. The Porchester Spa in west London is the capitals oldest Spa.
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  • Beneath rusting railings is the name of Hotel Serra, the faded grandeur of a once-grand establishment, on 17th July 2016, in the spa resort of Luso, Portugal. In the 11th century, Luso was a sleepy village linked to a monastery in the hills near Coimbra but it became a lively spa resort in the 1700s as its hot water springs became a focus for tourism. The waters here are said to have therapeutic value in the treatment for bad circulation, muscle tone, rheumatism and renal problems.
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  • Faded grandeur of Casa Miralinda, a mansion house now abandoned and crumbling, on 17th July 2016, in the spa resort of Luso, Portugal. Across the country, and even at important tourist landmarks, buildings sit vacant and often collapsing. Sometimes it is because a previous generation have passed away to leave properties in the hands of arguing families. Beautiful buildings are therefore left to collapse in town centre. In the 11th century, Luso was a sleepy village linked to a monastery in the hills near Coimbra but it became a lively spa resort in the 1700s as its hot water springs became a focus for tourism.
    portugal_luso-06-17-07-2016.jpg
  • Using recycled bottles, locals collect thermal spring water at Fonte de Sao Joao, on 17th July 2016, in the spa resort of Luso, Portugal. In the 11th century, Luso was a sleepy village linked to a monastery in the hills near Coimbra but it became a lively spa resort in the 1700s as its hot water springs became a focus for tourism. The waters here are said to have therapeutic value in the treatment for bad circulation, muscle tone, rheumatism and renal problems.
    portugal_luso-04-17-07-2016.jpg
  • Using recycled bottles, locals collect thermal spring water at Fonte de Sao Joao, on 17th July 2016, in the spa resort of Luso, Portugal. In the 11th century, Luso was a sleepy village linked to a monastery in the hills near Coimbra but it became a lively spa resort in the 1700s as its hot water springs became a focus for tourism. The waters here are said to have therapeutic value in the treatment for bad circulation, muscle tone, rheumatism and renal problems.
    portugal_luso-05-17-07-2016.jpg
  • Using recycled bottles, locals collect thermal spring water at Fonte de Sao Joao, on 17th July 2016, in the spa resort of Luso, Portugal. In the 11th century, Luso was a sleepy village linked to a monastery in the hills near Coimbra but it became a lively spa resort in the 1700s as its hot water springs became a focus for tourism. The waters here are said to have therapeutic value in the treatment for bad circulation, muscle tone, rheumatism and renal problems.
    portugal_luso-02-17-07-2016.jpg
  • Cyclists drink thermal spring water at Fonte de Sao Joao, on 17th July 2016, in the spa resort of Luso, Portugal. In the 11th century, Luso was a sleepy village linked to a monastery in the hills near Coimbra but it became a lively spa resort in the 1700s as its hot water springs became a focus for tourism. The waters here are said to have therapeutic value in the treatment for bad circulation, muscle tone, rheumatism and renal problems.
    portugal_luso-01-17-07-2016.jpg
  • Hungarian spa customers enjoy warm pavement and thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapests famous Széchenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Szechenyi Medicinal Bath  Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people04-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A shop assistant demonstrates fish spa with feet in warm water containing tiny fish nibbling at her skin. The woman sits with her legs dangling a transparent tank of green liquid. Gathering on her feet and toes, the treatment encourages little fish to gently exfoliate a person’s feet in a warm footbath. The treatment, which is popular in Japan and America, uses tiny carp fish to painlessly exfoliate and remove dead skin. The fish, which originate in Turkey, have long been used in the Far East to treat skin complaints such as eczema and psoriasis. The fish saliva contains an enzyme called diathanol that is said to improve the skin regeneration process. Critics have branded the treatment “unhygienic” claiming that infections could be spread between customers through small cracks in the skin. Fish therapy has been banned in 14 states in America.
    fish_feet_woman04-15-03-2011_1.jpg
  • Seen from the Barmouth Bridge is Coes-Faen Spa Lodge, a former Victorian residence on the Mawddach estuary, on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. Coes Faen Lodge dates back to around 1865 and was built by the Lowe brothers, mill owners from the West Midlands, in the late 1800s, when the railway first came to the area and started the transformation of Barmouth Abermaw from a shipbuilding, fishing and trading rural community to a Victorian seaside resort destination.
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  • Seen from the Barmouth Bridge is Coes-Faen Spa Lodge, a former Victorian residence on the Mawddach estuary, on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. Coes Faen Lodge dates back to around 1865 and was built by the Lowe brothers, mill owners from the West Midlands, in the late 1800s, when the railway first came to the area and started the transformation of Barmouth Abermaw from a shipbuilding, fishing and trading rural community to a Victorian seaside resort destination.
    coes_faen-01-13-09-2018.jpg
  • Neak Pean, which means "entwined serpents" i a collection of pools, linked together by walkways. The main pool which sits at the centre has a tower in turn sitting at it's centre. Filled with water during the rainy season, the main pool would originally have supplied the smaller pools set in each cardinal direction. The symbolism of this pool is disputed, although popular belief says that it emulates Anavatapa, a Himalayan lake with miraculour curative powers. The pool may have at one time, been a spa where pilgrims came to use the waters.
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  • Neak Pean, which means "entwined serpents" i a collection of pools, linked together by walkways. The main pool which sits at the centre has a tower in turn sitting at it's centre. Filled with water during the rainy season, the main pool would originally have supplied the smaller pools set in each cardinal direction. The symbolism of this pool is disputed, although popular belief says that it emulates Anavatapa, a Himalayan lake with miraculour curative powers. The pool may have at one time, been a spa where pilgrims came to use the waters.
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  • City workers walk past The Citypoint Club a fitness and spa center based in the City of London.
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  • A young child looks out of the window of Jatkankamppa sauna in the grounds of the Spa Hotel Rauhalahti in Kuopio, Central Finland. It is the world’s biggest smoke sauna and is situated in the grounds of the Jätkänkämppä Lumberjack Lodge. Up to 70 persons at a time can enjoy its gentle heat.
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  • Nostalgic Belle Epoque and Art Nouveau architecture of the Palace Hotel, on 17th July 2016, in Cura, Portugal. The Palace Hotel is one of Portugals most magnificent, restored to its original Golden Twenties style and grandeur and located between Coimbra and Porto. From the beginning of the 20th century onwards, Curia, has been a meeting place for celebrities and Portuguese bourgeoisie, who were attracted by the springs as well as by its cosmopolitan hotels hotels, the casino, the idyllic spa park and wines of the region.
    portugal_curia-17-17-07-2016.jpg
  • Hungarian gentlemen play chess in the thermal healing spa waters of Budapests famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people09-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A middle-age husband pours thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapests famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people06-18-06-1990.jpg
  • Bathers enjoy the healing thermal spa waters in the Gellert Hotel in Budapest, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
    hungary_people11-18-06-1990.jpg
  • A middle-age husband pours thermal healing spa waters on to his wife in Budapests famous Szechenyi thermal bath, on 18th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is especially known for its spas. The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath  Szechenyi-gyogyfurdo is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74°C/165°F and 77°C/171°F, respectively. The bath can be found in the City Park, and was built in 1913 in Neo-baroque style to the design of Gyozo Czigler.
    hungary_people07-18-06-1990.jpg
  • The Blue Lagoon, 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík , geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis.[1] The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F). The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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  • The Blue Lagoon, 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík , geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis.[1] The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F). The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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  • The Blue Lagoon, 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík , geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis.[1] The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F). The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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  • The Blue Lagoon, 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík , geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis.[1] The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F). The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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  • The Blue Lagoon, 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík , geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis.[1] The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F). The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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  • Resturant at the Blue Lagoon, 39 km from the capital city of Reykjavík , geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The warm waters are rich in minerals like silica and sulfur and bathing in the Blue Lagoon is reputed to help some people suffering from skin diseases such as psoriasis.[1] The water temperature in the bathing and swimming area of the lagoon averages 40 °C (104 °F).<br />
The lagoon is fed by the water output of a nearby geothermal power plant.
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  • USA-California-poolside mural of whales. Hot spring spa.
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  • Wind farm uprights and turbine blades perch on the hilltop of Sierra Nevada foothills near the spa town of Lanjaron, Andalucia. From a higher vantagepoint, looking downhill into a distant valley, we see four turbines turning on a re-landscaped hill with ditant could shroud the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. According to information provided by the regional government’s “Andalusian Energy Agency” (Agencia Andaluza de la Energía), 31.8 percent of this region’s energy will come from renewable energy in 2013. That is equivalent to 90% of home energy consumption in the south of Spain.
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  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
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  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_059.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_011.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_001.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_069.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_063.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_055.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_014.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_015.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_008.jpg
  • Bathers in the steamy waters created by the Geothermal Power Station Svartsengi. The Blue Lagoon. The water is vented from the ground near a lava flow that generates electricity via the turbines in the plant.  It is then passed into the lagoon where bathers enjoy temperatures of 38 degrees Centigrade.
    140209_iceland_005.jpg
  • Lying on her back with eyes closed, a young girl stretches her arms out allowing her father to support her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida. With complete trust, she lets herself go and yields to her own natural  buoyancy as she floats amid this seemingly wide ocean of chlorinated water belonging to a hotel on Ocean Drive. We see her bright red costume clearly against the  complimentary prime colour green in a vibrant display from the spectrum. It is a scene of love and confidence, of youth and health.
    miami_pool02-18-05-1996.jpg
  • Lying horizontal in a busy salon, a lady passenger receives eyebrow threading treatment during a beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free, Heathrow Airport's terminal 5. The beautician holds the thread that squeezes the woman's eyebrow follicles, removing the tiniest and finest hair right from the root. Threading is a technique that China has been using for centuries but has recently become popular in western countries. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her business flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from a professional beautician in the Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In a quiet corner of peace and tranquility, the woman's face is examined in detail using a magnifying lens that allows the assistant to see every hair follicle and pore. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport160-13-07-2009_1 1.jpg
  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from a professional beautician in the Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In a quiet corner of peace and tranquility, the woman's face is examined in detail using a magnifying lens that allows the assistant to see every hair follicle and pore. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport160-13-07-2009_1.jpg
  • A lone bather wallows lazily in the calm pool waters at the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (formerly the Bel Air Hotel), Alpes Maritimes, France. Basking on his back, the man lies with arms outstretched, the warm buoyant water making him weightless. he has found inner-peace and there is restful tranquility here, where surface-tension allows the bather to unwind completely in this idyllic place on the French Cote d'Azur riviera. Behind his head unoccupied sun loungers are facing the Mediterranean Sea, its clear horizon empty except for a lone yacht that sails along the ocean coast. The colour of both sea and pool are the same on this overcast day that allows us to experience a more muted tone to the scene, also allowing us to see the contiunation of natural waters, as if they run from one to the other.
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  • USA-California-poolside mural of whales with lounger in front.
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  • An unfinished and abandoned construction project in the town of Gogollos Vega, near Granada, Andalucia. All over Spain are building projects like this, left empty and unused, a sig of bad financial investment and land management where empty lots and landscapes have swallowed nature to be replaced by abandoned pavements, roads and superstructures. Here, we see a lone lamppost on the street's kerb, a green waste bin and an overgrown lot where weeds are thriving in this wilderness. In the background is a generic two-storey building left unfinished. As of 2010, it has a population of 2,068 inhabitants.
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  • A tall Shell sign seems to echo the palm tree landscape alongside the A 92 motorway near Paradas. On the main highway between the Andalucian cities of Granada and Seville, the corporate logo appears to be higher than the growing trees in the distance. The word “Shell” first appeared in 1891 as the trademark for the kerosene that Marcus Samuel and Company shipped to the Far East. The small London business dealt originally in antiques and oriental seashells. In 1897 Samuel formed The Shell Transport and Trading Company. The first logo in 1901 was a mussel shell. In 1904 a scallop shell, or Pecten, gave a visual element to the corporate and brand name.
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  • The Holy Paso depicting the Crucifixion passes through Seville's Plaza Espana during its annual Semana Santa Easter passion processions. Some 60 processions are scheduled for the week, from Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday morning. The climax of the week is the night of Holy Thursday, when the most popular processions set out to arrive at the Cathedral on the dawn of Good Friday, known as the madrugá. At the centre of each procession are the pasos, an image or set of images set atop a movable float of wood. The structure of the paso is richly carved and decorated with fabric, flowers and candles. Many of the structures carrying the image of Christ are gilded, and those carrying the image of the virgin often silver-plated.
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  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-23-18-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-20-18-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-18-18-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-15-18-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-11-18-April-2011_1...jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-9-18-April-2011_1_...jpg
  • Hooded peninitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-10-18-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-8-17-April-2011_1_...jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-7-17-April-2011_1_...jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
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  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-4-17-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Hooded penitents (Nazarenos) in candlelit procession during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. <br />
The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-3-17-April-2011_1.jpg
  • With their eyes peering through eyeholes, hooded penitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
    seville_nazarenos-1-17-April-2011_1.jpg
  • A young Spanish woman and a Virgin Mary mannequin in a shop window during the Semana Santa festivals. In a scene showing the morals and ethics of the Catholic Church within Spanish Society, the young lady shows an ambiguous devotion to the the Madonna while to the far right the figure of a Jesus carrying the cross appears to merge with another woman walking in the street. All of this takes place during Seville's annual Semana Santa Easter passion processions. Some 60 processions are scheduled for the week, from Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday morning. The climax of the week is the night of Holy Thursday, when the most popular processions set out to arrive at the Cathedral on the dawn of Good Friday, known as the madrugá.
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  • Andalucian ceramic tiling showing Jesus on a church wall in Seville. Beneath the growing Seville oranges that are ripening on their tree in the street below, we see a downbeat Jesus in a gloriously religious context.
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  • Andalucian ceramic tiling of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus on the wall of the Basilica de la Macarena in Seville. Inside the church, the Basilica de la Macarena possesses the most revered image in Seville, "The Virgin of Hope" (Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza) which locals call La Macarena.
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  • A mounted horseman rides with a girl through the streets of Seville during the Spring Feria, Spain. With crowds mingling in the background with party marquees called Casetas. they are both dressed in traditional costumes, the lady in Flamenco dress. It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Two young spanish girls play outside a family Caseta during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Both dressed in traditional flamenco dresses, the two friends stand in bright sunshine as a younger boy peers out from the canopy screen that keeps the marquee interior cool. <br />
It is a lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Two Spanish men walk and talk during the Spring Feria in Seville, Spain. Crowds of locals mingle in the late-afternoon sunshine at this lively event that Seville holds annually in the vast fairground area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Spanish ladies dance Flamenco into the night at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Spanish ladies feast at a private party in a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
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  • Spanish men and women party in mixed company at a private party outside a marquee called a Caseta during the annual Feria de Abril, on 11th June 1999, in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. Rows of temporary marquee tents, or casetas, host families, corporations and friends into the late hours during the April Fair which begins begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week in the Andalusian capital.
    seville_feria_party-11-06-1999_1.jpg
  • City policemen make calls from their scooters near horse and carriages in Seville's Plaza de Espana. With tourist horse carriages and visitors nearby, the two officers position themselves in the middle of this semi-circular enclosure built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove.
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  • With his brush at the ready, a donkey ride owner awaits new business during the quiet Siesta afternoon period in Seville's Plaza de Espana. This semi-circular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove.
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  • Looking up at the ornate arches and collonades of Seville's Plaza de Espana. The fine curves of this semi-circular is seen on a fine afternoon during Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) anf the Torres (tower) of one end rises into a blue sky. This semi-circular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it.
    plaza_de_espana-4-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Looking up at the ornate arches and collonades of Seville's Plaza de Espana. The fine curves of this semi-circular is seen on a fine afternoon during Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) anf the Torres (tower) of one end rises into a blue sky. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it.
    plaza_de_espana-3-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Tourists sit by tiled mural (azulejo) of Toledo province, in Plaza de Espana in Seville. The Plaza mainly consists of Government buildings, the city's Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. It is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.
    plaza_de_espana-2-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Tourists boat around Seville's Plaza de Espana, the location for 3 hundred years of Spanish Inquisition burnings. The rental boat makes its leisurely way around the waters of this medieval square. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929. Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove.
    plaza_de_espana-1-17-April-2011.jpg
  • Mosaic representations of Roman animals in the abandoned city of Italica, near Seville. The central mosaic in the House of the Bird Mosaic which is the most Italian of all houses excavated in Italica, consists of thirty-five small square mosaics that surround a larger, central square scene. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
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  • Mosaic representations of Roman celestial bodies in the House of the Planetarium at Italica, Near Seville. With the sun in the centre, we see Jupiter in the foreground and the Moon, Mars (with a helmet), Mercury and Saturn. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
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  • Aerial landscape of old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of the Moorish city of Granada. This aerial landscape also shows in the foreground, the old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of Moorish city of Granada. The Albaicin Quarter is the old Moorish quarter across the River Darro from the Alhambra. When the Moors controlled Granada, this area of the city was the most densely populated. The streets are narrow and many of them do not have sidewalks. The houses are not very high and they are very close to each other. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • Aerial landscape of old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of the Moorish city of Granada. This aerial landscape also shows in the foreground, the old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of Moorish city of Granada. The Albaicin Quarter is the old Moorish quarter across the River Darro from the Alhambra. When the Moors controlled Granada, this area of the city was the most densely populated. The streets are narrow and many of them do not have sidewalks. The houses are not very high and they are very close to each other. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
    granada_housing-1-13-April-2011_1.jpg
  • The Spanish, Andalucian and EU flags fly high over city of Granada on top of Alhambra's Torre de la Vela (Watchtower). In a strong mountain breeze the fabric whips on their flagpoles as the sun is placed behind, allowing the backlighting to give this landscape a sense of nationalism and patriotism. The stars of the EU member countries and Spain's national flag rise above the distant homes in this Andalucian city.
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  • A small dog pees in the doorway of a religious shop in La Herradura on the Costa del Sol. Near the depictions of the holy figures of Jesus during Semana Santa (Holy Week) when processions and celebration marking Easter take place across Spain, the dog disobediently wees against the door, lifting its right rear leg up high to aim its secretion.
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  • Small Spanish church in village of Cogollo Vegas, municipality of Granada, Spain, Andalucia. With a large wodden cross on its outer wall and two strong double doors representing the church's strength within the community. Cogollos Vega is a municipality in the province of Granada, Spain. As of 2010, it has a population of 2,068 inhabitants.
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  • Young men in drag perform to an audience as part of their Club 18-30 holiday experience to Ibiza, Spain. A tour rep encourages the men to push their inibitions to the limit but with a reputation for 'Sun, Sand and Sex' the 18-30 holiday formula has been labelled as parents' worth nightmare. From from the company's web site however the fantasy sounds less riotous: "There comes a time in life when you need to do it for yourself. A time to break free and break the mould. To explore, leave the map at home and find yourself. To find that one moment and make it last a lifetime. That time is now. Sunrise to sunset. Sunset to sunrise. This is the time of your life. Love every single second of it."
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  • Car wash brushes await business on a motorway services forecourt near Paradas, Andalucia, Spain. Alongside the A 92 motorway near Paradas, the service station is a stopping place on the main highway between the Andalucian cities of Granada and Seville and is around the back of the main petrol facility. The saturated colours of the red, yellow and blue brushes contrast the otherwise grey tones of the metal sheeting and concrete.
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  • Stones and wall fortifications of the medieval La Calahorra Castle and modern town below. With our backs to the main walls of the Castillo, we see the large stone blocks of the outer fortification remains, the line of the wall itself, falling away to reveal the outskirts of modern Calahorra below. Homes and businesses are nestled below a hill that rises above the town. La Calahorra Castle-Palace is one of the most important Works of the firs Spanish Renaissance. It was constructed on the remains of a preceding fortification of the medieval period dating from the beginning of the 16th century, probably between 1509 and 1512. Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain is a municipality in the comarca of Rioja Baja, near the border with Navarre on the right bank of the Ebro. During ancient Roman times, Calahorra was a municipium known as Calagurris.
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  • Rooftops of the church of San Sebastian, in Antequera, Andalucia. From the hilltop castle that overlooks the city, we see the Spanish streets, homes and businesses. Antequera is a city and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (el corazón de Andalucía) because of its central location among Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville. In the last quarter of the 1st millennium BCE, the Iberian peninsula became part of the Roman Empire but  the year 711 a tribe of Berbers out of North Africa (Moors) invaded Spain and conquered Antikaria around 176, renaming it Medina Antaquira.
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  • Tourists from Asia walk in the sunshine at Alhambra, holding matching red fans and brochures to shield their faces from strong sunshine. The visitors walk along the outer walls of the renaissance Palacio de Carlos V in the Moorish fortress high above the Andalucian city. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Tourists from Asia walk in the sunshine at Alhambra,  holding matching red fans to shield their faces from strong sunshine. The visitors walk along the outer walls of the renaissance Palacio de Carlos V in the Moorish fortress high above the Andalucian city. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Two women tourists from Asia walk in the sunshine at Alhambra, both holding cameras. Both wearing sun hats and holding in the same manner, their compact digital cameras with which to record their European holiday memories. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • A cyclist pushes his bike up steps as another man bends in the hot sun near the main entrance to Alhambra, Granada. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • Two visitors walk along the rooftop of a section of Alhambra. This aerial landscape also shows in the background, the old Arab Albaicin quarter and surrounding barrios of Moorish city of Granada. The Albaicin Quarter is the old Moorish quarter across the River Darro from the Alhambra. When the Moors controlled Granada, this area of the city was the most densely populated. The streets are narrow and many of them do not have sidewalks. The houses are not very high and they are very close to each other. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus.
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  • Alhambra Palace's Patio de Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles). Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Arabic birka, "pool". The birka helped to cool the palace and acted as a symbol of power. Because water was usually in short supply, the technology required to keep these pools full was expensive and difficult. The court is 42 m (140 ft) long by 22 m (74 ft) broad, and in the centre there is a large pond set in the marble pavement, full of goldfish. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.
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  • Ornate domed architecture in the Sala de dos Hermanas (Hall of the Two Sisters) in Alhambra Palace. The hall was built by order of Mohammed V. It is square, has interlacing ceilings and bedchambers connected with the Emperor's Chambers (Habitaciones de Carlos V). Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Ornate domed architecture in the Sala de dos Hermanas (Hall of the Two Sisters) in Alhambra Palace. The hall was built by order of Mohammed V. It is square, has interlacing ceilings and bedchambers connected with the Emperor's Chambers (Habitaciones de Carlos V). Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Landscape of Alhambra Palace's Patio de Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles). Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely detailed Moorish architecture - well preserved by Spanish authorities. Alhambra (in Arabic, Al-Ḥamra) is a palace and fortress complex constructed during the mid 14th century by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the southeastern border of the city of Granada in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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  • Ornate architectural artwork on courtyard walls of Nasrid Palace. Arabesque arches and fine carvings adorn this finely-detailed Moorish architecture. This is the Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Arabic birka, "pool". There are galleries on the north and south sides; the southern gallery is 7 m (23 ft) high and supported by a marble colonnade. Underneath it, to the right, was the principal entrance, and over it are three windows with arches and miniature pillars. From this court, the walls of the Torre de Comares are seen rising over the roof to the north and reflected in the pond. The Alhambra's Moorish palaces were built for the last Muslim Emirs in Spain and its court, of the Nasrid dynasty.
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