once the wars and slender pillars of the alhambra may all have been as colorful as this adorned in the brightest ten. quarter of the lions is regarded as the epitome of arab architecture the walls and arabesque swirl once counted red green blue and gold. the one hundred twenty four marble columns glistened with gold in astrid times the gift of a sudanese ambassador. and. the court takes its name from the central fountain of the lines the water flows in