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The Generalife or 'Garden of Lofty Paradise'

spain_084.jpg The Generalife is set high above the city, hence a little closer to heavenThumbnailsThe geometrical ceiling pattern of the Sala de los AbencerrajesThe Generalife is set high above the city, hence a little closer to heavenThumbnailsThe geometrical ceiling pattern of the Sala de los Abencerrajes

The name Generalife, or Yannat al Arif, has many interpretations, perhaps the most pleasing being "the garden of lofty paradise"
[The Alhambra - Granada - Andalucia - Spain]