Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo

The Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo is a former Nasrid palace and convent in Granada, Spain.

[2][1] Located on the edge of the city walls, it was used as a royal country estate residence by the Nasrid dynasty, probably for short visits.

[1] The structure today consists mainly of a large square hall, measuring approximately 6 meters per side.

[2] The hall overlooks the Plaza de los Campos below on the southwest and is built on top of a bastion tower which was formerly part of the city walls.

[5][4] The palace was thus built on the edge of the city and was essentially a country estate, originally of much larger size than what remains today.

Excavations have revealed that the rest of the space in front of the building was occupied by a large rectangular garden, divided symmetrically in two by a central walkway.

The exterior of the main hall (seen from the south), which was built on top of a tower of the former city walls
Exterior of the building today, seen from the gardens on the northwest side