Palacio del Partal Alto

After the conquest of Granada in 1492 it became the residence of the Count of Tendilla, the governor of the Alhambra, until it was confiscated by Philip V in 1717 and subsequently demolished.

After excavations in the 20th century, a part of the palace's foundations are visible today in the Partal Gardens.

[7]: 245  The palace may correspond to what was called the Dār al-Kubrā (Arabic: دار الكبرى, lit.

[1]: 245  After the end of the Reconquista and the departure of the Nasrids in 1492, the palace became the official residence of the mayor (alcaide) of the Alhambra, the Count of Tendilla (later also Marquis of Mondéjar), the first of whom was Iñigo López de Mondoza y Quiñones (d.

[6]: 58 The Tendilla-Mondéjar family remained governors until 1717, when Philip V dismissed José de Mendoza Ibáñez de Segovia (d. 1734), the Marquis of Mondéjar (heir to the Count of Tendilla), from this position and suppressed the office of the mayor.

[8][6]: 58  The basin was large enough to act as a reflective pool and it highlighted the main central axis of the building.

[1]: 245 [5] The hall was probably preceded by a portico, and a similar structure may have existed at the south end of the courtyard.

From the doorway, a short corridor led to an almost square-shaped courtyard, next to which may have been a stable so that guests could dismount and leave their horses.

The northern house, which was on a lower terrace, has a room to the south of the water basin which contains two alhamíes: alcoves with a bench or raised floor.