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Alhambra and Generalife – Turmoil and Tranquility in the Garden of Paradise

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Karen Blaylock
Patio de la Acequia (Court of the Long Pond)

  The Alhambra is Spain’s top tourist attraction, and although this covers a large hilltop site overlooking Granada, it is the three intact Nasrid palaces that the visitors head for. Surprisingly these are a series of small and intimate but … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Spain | Tagged Andalucia, Granada Nasrid palaces, Spain

Park Guell – Gaudi’s Garden City

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
Viaduct

I first visited Park Guell, designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi in the last dark days of Franco’s rule, before a resurgent Catalonia and before Barcelona had become a hip tourist destination. Then the park was a sleepy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Spain | Tagged Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Barcelona Pavilion – Less is Definitely More

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
The Pavilion seen across The Main Pool

As a precocious 17 year-old, intent on studying architecture, what could be more appropriate for me, than asking for a book on Mies van der Rohe as a school prize? I became a devotee, and when Mies died in 1969, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Spain | Tagged Barcelona, Catalonia, Catelonia, Mies van der Rohe, Modern Movement, Spain

The Alcazar, Seville – That Exotic Fusion of Moorish and Christian Cultures.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
The Lion Summerhouse

April is a wonderful time to visit Seville. In the two weeks after Easter, the weather has become more settled, the temperatures are in the comfortable upper 20s, the wisteria, judas trees and acacias are at their best, but also … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Spain | Tagged Andalucia, mudejar, Seville, Spain

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