it is difficult to know how the Mexuar was originally built, as the multiple restorations and reconstructions carried out until today do not let us know how its chambers were. Some of them are just ruins today. According to the quotations by the poet Ibn Zamrak, it could be said that it belonged to the original Nasrid palaces. The layout and connections of the Mexuar have changed a lot as a result of the improvements carried out by the Catholics and of the great damages caused by the explosion of a powder magazine in 1590. The eastern section still survives from the series of chambers located next to the Tower of Mohammed I.That section is now known as «Mexuar» and it also underwent the Christian rebuildings. The gallery and the Machuca Tower (Torre de Machuca) are still in good condition. This tower is so called because the architects Pedro and Luis Machuca lived there during the construction of the Charles V Palace (Palacio de Carlos V).