Alhambra, Torre de la Cautiva

The Alhambra, Torre de la Cautiva, ceramic mosaic dados in the north-east and north-west corners of the main room.

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
• Contains 8 squares.
• Contains three regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
• Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
• There are 12 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites) and one reflective pair.
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has three finite interlaces and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 1167 polygons.

1. Photo by David Wade: SPA 0710 (Alhambra, Torre de la Cautiva, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1354-62AD, 755-63AH)

• Wade photo SPA 0710

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