The "Arrayanes" courtyard has been called different ways along the years. The actual name (as the "Mirtos" courtyard) is due to the thick myrtle hedges, whose colour make a contrast with the white marble floor of the courtyard that surrounds the central pond. It was also called "Estanque" or the "Alberca" courtyard, precisely because of the central pond, which is 34 meters length by 7,10 meters wide, and that divides the courtyard lengthwise and receives the water from two marble basins placed at each end.
At both sides of the courtyard there are two naves with rooms and at the smaller sides, there are porticoes, supported by columns with cubic capitals, with seven semicircular arches adorned with pierced rhombs and inscriptions of praise to God. The central arch is bigger than the other six.
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