The Alhambras's outer walls are made
from a mixture of dark red clay, sand and stone found on site and known
as the Alhambra conglomerate.
The Hispano-Muslim architects who
designed the Alhambra used a unit of measurement from classical
architecture called the rashshashid codo.
It is with the use of this
that the architects were able to create astounding intricacy and exact
geometry to the patterns on the walls to establish effects...
