| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Medina Azahara (Spain) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | creation date: 936-1010 | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Umayyad) | en_US |
| dc.date | 936-1010 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-08-27T18:57:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-08-27T18:57:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 936-1010 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 102095 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/20913 | en_US |
| dc.description | Madinat 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: Archnet | en_US |
| dc.description | aerial view, view of ruins, 1983 | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 117407 | en_US |
| dc.rights | (c) Kendall Dudley | en_US |
| dc.subject | Islam -- History | en_US |
| dc.subject | Royal palaces | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ruined cities | en_US |
| dc.subject | Umayyad dynasty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture, Domestic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Islamic cities and towns | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture --Islamic influences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Architecture --Spain | en_US |
| dc.subject | Abd al-Rahman III, Caliph of Cordova, 891-961 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hakam II, Caliph of Spain, d. 976 | en_US |
| dc.title | Palace-City of Madinat al-Zahra | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Palace-City of Medina Azzahra | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Palace City of Madinat al-Zahra | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Palace City of Medina Azzahra | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Palace City of Madinat al Zahra | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Palace-City of Madinat al-Zahra' | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Palatine City of Madinat al-Zahra | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 73 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Islamic | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Spanish | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction | en_US |
| vra.worktype | Palace | en_US |
| vra.worktype | City | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Umayyad) | en_US |
