Cordoba Information: MADINAT
AL-ZAHRA |
8 km from Cordoba are the remains of the beautiful Moorish city of
Madinat al-Zahra, one of the finest examples of caliphal art. Its
construction was begun in 936 by Abd al-Rahman III with the money
he inherited from the favourite alZabra. Declared a National Monument
in 1923, Madinat al-Zahra took 25 years to built and declined rapidly
as a result of political feuds and instability. Thus, before it was
a century old, the city was wrecked by Berber soldiers. Over the succeeding
centuries its ruins were plundered repeatedly in search of materials
for the canstruction of palaces, convents and churches. Evidence of
the former wealth and splendour of this palatine city surrounded by
gardens can be found in a building discavered in 1944, which was Abd
al-Rahman Ills throne hall and was designed in Syrian and Byzantine
styles by Cordoban master builders.
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military towers |
| There're many military
towers in the city walls of Cordoba; the two most legendary stand
at the south and the north of the frontier city. By The Plaza de la
Merced, The Torre de la Malmuerta struggles, amidst the surrounding
modern buildings, to tell the false legend of jealousy and death with
which it has become linked. The truth of the tower lies in the solidity
of its ashlar blocks, interrupted by stone lintels and crenels. An
arch joined the tower to the city's north wall. The tower dates from
the fifteenth century. To the south, la Torre de la Calahorra guarded
the entrance to the Roman Bridge, built for the Via Augusta to cross
the River Guadalquivir. The tower is continued use has led to it being
remodelled time and time again throughout its history. Henry II took
the original Arab defence and added towers, bridges, moats and a barbican.
Today, the Garaudy Foundation has installed the Living Museum of Al
Andalus, with models of buildings and reconstructions of situations
during the Islamic era, exalting Muslim religiosity over Christianity.
From the tower's terrace there's a fine view of the province's fields
to the south, the city, and the hills to the north. |
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