Alhambra, Torre de la Cautiva

This pattern occurs as four ceramic mosaic panels in the corners to the left and right of the entrance into the main room of the Torre de la Cautiva.

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 22.5°.
• Contains four regular 8-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 90°.
• Contains one regular 16-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
• There are 15 non-regular reflective tiles (including 2 kites and one dart) and one reflective pair.
• The tiling satisfies the interlace condition and has one finite interlace and one infinite interlace with straight cross-overs.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 1141 polygons.

1. Photo by David Wade: SPA 0615 (Alhambra, Torre de la Cautiva, Spain) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1354-62AD, 755-63AH)

• Wade photo SPA 0615

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