Like a rose preserved in snow.

"Granada is probably the most beautiful and haunting of all Spanish cities; an African paradise, set under the Sierras like a rose preserved in snow. Here the art of the Arab nomads, bred in the raw heat of deserts, reached a cool and miraculous perfection. For here, on the scented hills above the green gorge of the Darro, he found at last ..." (Laurie Lee , ' A Rose for Winter')