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. Salón de VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Embajadores
Built in 1427, the Practical Information
dazzling dome of the Patio de Banderas. Map 3 C2.
Ambassadors’ Hall is of Tel 95 450 23 24. Open 9:30am–
carved and gilded, 7pm daily (to 5pm Oct–Mar);
interlaced wood. night visits with theatre, check
website (book in advance). &
∑ alcazarsevilla.org
Transport
 Puerta Jerez. @ C5.
v Archivo de Indias.

Horseshoe Arches
Azulejos and complex plasterwork
decorate the Ambassadors’ Hall,
which has three sym metrically
arranged, ornate archways, each
with three horseshoe arches.

Puerta del León
(entrance)

KEY
1 Patio del Crucero lies above
the old baths.
2 Jardín de Troya
3 Patio de las Muñecas (Patio
of the Dolls) and its surrounding
bedrooms formed the domestic
heart of the palace. It derives its
name from two tiny faces on one
of its arches.
4 Casa de la Contratación
5 The façade of the Palacio Pedro I
is a prime example of Mudéjar style.
Patio del Yeso 6 The Patio de la Montería was
The Patio of Plaster, a garden featuring flowerbeds and a where the court met before
water channel, retains features of the earlier, 12th-century hunting expeditions.
Almohad Alcázar.

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