Golden Room

The "Golden Room" (Cuarto Dorado)- Alhambra, called like this for the panelwork ceiling repainted in the "mudejar" (Moslem) style, was ordered to be constructed by "Mohamed V" and it is part of the "Palacio de Comares". At the entrance of this room we find an arcade with three arches supported by columns, with marble capitals from the 12th century. To the left, a small arch communicates with the "Mexuar", and at the rear, there is another arch decorated "muqarbas" (decorative motif based on vertically juxtaposed bows or prisms), lattice windows and flanked by two more small arches, joining it with a small room covered with bow motifs decorations and Gothic paintings, the shield of the Catholic Kings and their emblems. On the front wall of the room, there is a balcony divided by a column with a Christian capital, decorated with the same Royal emblems, under a frieze decorated with "muqarbas" (decorative motif based on vertically juxtaposed bows or prisms)". http://www.alhambra.org/eng/index.asp?secc=/alhambra/alhambras_guide/mexuar/golden_room