GRANADA In 1959, during the restoration of the Hall of Ambassadors inside the Palace of Comares- part of the famous walled citadel of the Alhambra in Granada- the workers came across some paintings behind the wooden boards covering the ceiling. Nobody thought much of them at the time. It was assumed that the flowery motifs were just a minor curiosity, or perhaps that they had been made to help the craftsmen determine the proper order of the wooden ceiling boards. Then, several months ago, restorers received another surprise while working on a different area of the Alhambra called the Mirador de Lindaraja. When they took down the wood and plasterwork there, they found a collection of over 80 drawings originally made by the artisans who decorated the Nazari palace.>>>
