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The top story contains more than thirty alcoves separated from each other by spandrels of blue and yellow tile.

At either end and in the center there are bays which contain nine greater alcoves as frescoed and capacious as church apses.

Here, in the old days -- when they had come to see the moon or displays of fireworks -- sat the king and his court while priests, soldiers, and other members of the party lounged in the smaller alcoves between.