A Palace-City encloses within walls residences of the ruler and the ruled. Palaces are interspersed with gardens and baths, mosques and markets, bureaucracy and security, servant and served spaces. The walls are semi-permeable as the... more
A Palace-City encloses within walls residences of the ruler and the ruled. Palaces are interspersed with gardens and baths, mosques and markets, bureaucracy and security, servant and served spaces. The walls are semi-permeable as the Palace-City strives to sustain a reciprocal relationship with the surrounding city. We will probe the city within city by examining Andalusian Spain’s Al Zahra in Cordoba and Al Hambra in Granada; and Mughal India’s Fatehpur Sikri; all sites as elevated as the metaphorical quest for the ideal city.
