Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo

Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the 13th-century Moorish palace owned by Queen Fatima or Aixa, the mother of Boabdil, was used as a place of rest and retreat during the month of Ramadan. Queen Isabel I of Castile became enamoured of the place and bought it from Queen Fatima, although the deeds surrendering the property signed in Santa Fe, allowed her to continue enjoying the use of them even if she left Granada.
The XIII century Royal Room is the origin of the architecture and the Nasrid decorative themes adopted subsequently in building the Alhambra palaces.
Unfortunately, it no longer exists except for a qubba, or reception hall, which today houses temporary exhibitions.
Its interior closes a square room of seven meters on each side, whose entrance arch has a glazed plinth of tiles, with the inscription: 'Say: God is unique', this phrase that is repeated constantly throughout the lower part of the plasterwork in the living room ; verses of the Qur'an around, with cursive characters and in the upper part, golden reflection tiles with a precious work of leaves.Read more