Patio de las Doncellas — Attraction in Seville

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Patio de las Doncellas or The Courtyard of the Maidens, where Moors demanded 100 virgins every year as tribute from Christian kingdoms in Iberia.

The lower level of the Patio was built for King Peter of Castile, describing Peter as a "sultan".

Various lavish reception rooms are located on the sides of the Patio. Center, a large, rectangular reflecting pool with sunken gardens on either side.

It used to be entirely paved in marble with a fountain in the center.

Ridley Scott paved it as the set for the court of the King of Jerusalem in his movie Kingdom of Heaven. The upper story is an addition made by Charles V, designed by Luis de Vega in Italian Renaissance style. Construction of the addition began in 1540 and ended in 1572

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rectangular patio which has a series of lobular arches mounted on double marble columns on the ground floor, and on the upper floor, an arcade on small Ionian marble columns, with a balustrade which was added around 1540, during the reign of Charles V.

In 1572, at the time of King Philip II, the appearance of the patio underwent profound changes, notably by paving and the addition of the fountain in its center. It was only at the beginning of the 21st century that the patio regained the primitive structure it had in the time of King Pedro I: the tiles of the patio were removed and it was replaced by a pond, surrounded by flower beds, which the journey in its entirety.

Three of the sides of the patio overlook the rooms that make up the ground floor of the palace, while the fourth backs onto the palace...

The Patio de Las Doncellas. There is a legend or myth around the courtyard that states that the Moors demanded one hundred virgins from their colonies as tribute. A swimming pool is found in the center with a sunken garden that was discovered in 2004 by archaeologists, before that the entire land was covered in marble. The courtyard is a thriving architectural gift with Mudejar plasterwork and tiles representing inlays made in the 16th century. It served as a waiting room for the maidens before they were assigned to...