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Guarded tour

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At five in the afternoon the Royal Alcázar closes its gates for new visitors for the day. The shop closes and the FROG makes its last tour of the day. This is a quiet time to test the latest updates and enhancements.

The security guards make their way from the entrance through the Alcázar making sure that everyone can find the exit. And sometimes, as on this day, they stop to watch the FROG for a moment.

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One FROG, four security guards
One FROG, four security guards
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Pomegranates or ‘granadas’

Pots at the entrance
Pots at the entrance

There are pomegranates everywhere in the Royal Alcázar in Seville: in pots, in the gardens, on tiles and on tapestries.

In the Vault room the FROG robot stops for a short interactive quiz with the visitors. The answer to one of the questions should actually be ‘pomegranates’ …

Shield on tiles

Today, Javier told us that the pommegranate is the heraldic device for Granada. This device is seen in two parties of the shield on the tile above.

This close-up of the photo at the top shows a tiny pommegranate in the same stage – bursting open to reveal its seeds.

Ripe to bursting
Ripe to bursting

 

And here you can see the same thing on another tile picture.

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Here the fruits look perfect.

Border of a tapestry
Border of a tapestry with pomegranates

 

The fruit seen below is on a larger plant in the gardens.

A fruit
A fruit
The whole plant
The whole plant

This might just be one as well