The Court of the Lions is where the Alhambra stops being impressive and starts being hard to explain. Muhammad V built this around 1370 AD — 124 slender marble columns, carved arcades that look like frozen lace, and 12 white marble lions carrying a fountain at the center of four water channels representing the rivers of paradise. The sound of running water doesn't stop.
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