The Alhambra / being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration

by Albert Frederick Calvert

Explanation of the Letters of Reference in this Plate.

A A A. Entrances to the quarter of the Palace containing the baths.

B B B B B B. Passages communicating with the different apartments and baths.

C C. Apartments, looking into.

D D. A Court with a fountain in its centre.

E E Baths and dressing-rooms.

F F F. Warm baths.

G G G. The place where the water was heated. The copper vessels anciently employed for this purpose were sold many years ago by the then Governor of the Alhambra for the sum of 14,000 reals, about £350 sterling. From these coppers, the warm water was conducted between the walls to the different baths by means of pipes communicating with them, and which are distinctly shown by the white line.