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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Medina Azahara (Spain)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: 936-1010en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Umayyad)en_US
dc.date936-1010en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-08-27T18:57:47Z
dc.date.available2007-08-27T18:57:47Z
dc.date.issued936-1010en_US
dc.identifier102095en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/20913en_US
dc.descriptionMadinat al-Zahra, a planned palatine city located a few miles west of Cordoba, was founded by 'Abd al-Rahman III in 936, shortly after the proclamation of the Umayyad caliphate in al-Andalus. Construction continued during the reign of his successor al-Hakam II. The city is composed of three terraced platforms, separated from one another by walls, and enclosed by fortified walls. The uppermost terrace contained various buildings for government administration and royal ceremony, as well as residential quarters and gardens for the caliph and the court. The middle terrace was composed mainly of gardens with pavilions and pools, and orchards, while the lowest terrace contained the congregational mosque, markets, and probably residential quarters for the military and for the merchants associated with the market. Source: Archneten_US
dc.descriptionaerial view, view of ruins, 1983en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.relation.ispartof117407en_US
dc.rights(c) Kendall Dudleyen_US
dc.subjectIslam -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectRoyal palacesen_US
dc.subjectRuined citiesen_US
dc.subjectUmayyad dynastyen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Domesticen_US
dc.subjectIslamic cities and townsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture --Islamic influencesen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture --Spainen_US
dc.subjectAbd al-Rahman III, Caliph of Cordova, 891-961en_US
dc.subjectHakam II, Caliph of Spain, d. 976en_US
dc.titlePalace-City of Madinat al-Zahraen_US
dc.title.alternativePalace-City of Medina Azzahraen_US
dc.title.alternativePalace City of Madinat al-Zahraen_US
dc.title.alternativePalace City of Medina Azzahraen_US
dc.title.alternativePalace City of Madinat al Zahraen_US
dc.title.alternativePalace-City of Madinat al-Zahra'en_US
dc.title.alternativePalatine City of Madinat al-Zahraen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode73en_US
vra.culturalContextIslamicen_US
vra.culturalContextSpanishen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypePalaceen_US
vra.worktypeCityen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Umayyad)en_US


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