Medinat al zahara
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María Zurita, Nazareth Vargas, Gracia Pascual, Esperanza Pérez y Miriam Dominguez
MEDINAT AL-ZAHARA
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After the Caliphate statement, Abderramán III ordered to built a big city, which were the Omeya court seat. Córdoba turned into a capital with two seats: the “madina” and Medina Azahara, where bureaucracy and empire lived.The buildings started in 936, post by Maslama ben Abdllah.
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TERRACESThe Caliphate
promoted an urban planning which as a
result gave the “ Arrabales de
Poniente”. It layed our from Yebel al-
Arus util Guadalquivir valley.
The sloped was used for set up the city in three
terraces: the highest was from the real family, the second was an official
zone, with the administration buildings and the reception hall; at the last terrace there was
a big gardens, in front Abderramán hall.
Around this mountain there
were located the village, next to
the western wall.
The city was perfectly drew
up: at the entrance there was a big angle which lead into
the police department.
A wall surrounded the
city, and another isolates the real
area.
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INTERESTING MONUMENTS AT THE CITY
•Abderraman II hall or Reach hall: it was utilized for the reception of important embassies. It is decorated with reliefs on marble and wood. Its columns were of pink and blue marble.
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INTERESTING MONUMENTS AT THE CITY
Aljama mosque: it is point to the Mecca, with a porch and a big hall divided in
five naves.
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INTERESTING MONUMENTS AT THE CITY
Casa de Ya´far: with a joint in the angle, it was the heir prince
palace. It has a bathroom and an
official hall, a courtyard made with marble, and
it has a fountain.
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INTERESTING MONUMENTS AT THE CITY
Medina Azahara mosque: it is located at the
south zone, with three naves.
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AQUEDUCTSIt news creation meant a
land transformation, creating quarries,
communication networks, vegetable patches and farms. Also an ancient roman aqueduct was restored, and it was
installed a distribute, capture, store of water
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The use of the water wheel as agricultural and industrial motive power is one of the hallmarks of the Arab civilization in Al-Andalus.