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Medina Azahara

Medina Azahara · Madinat al-Zahra

Medina Azahara (Madinat al-Zahra) is the archaeological site of the tenth-century palace-city founded by the caliph Abd al-Rahman III at the foot of the Sierra Morena, in the municipality of Córdoba, Andalusia.

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Medina Azahara is the excavated palace-city that the caliph Abd al-Rahman III had built at the foot of the Sierra Morena outside Córdoba, according to Córdoba's tourism site. The page describes a city laid out on three terraces inside a wall, with the royal alcázar on the upper and middle terraces, housing on the lowest and the mosque built outside the walls, and halls such as the Salón Rico opening onto the Upper Garden. It says the city was ruined in the wars of the early 11th century, after a life of about seventy years. The site lies within the municipality of Córdoba, though outside the city, and its museum is a separate subject. This record gives no entry or access rules for the site.

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Córdoba

Córdoba is a city and municipality in the province of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain, on the Guadalquivir. XTOUR maps the Mosque-Cathedral, the Alcázar of the Christian Monarchs, the Roman Bridge and the Synagogue in the city, and Medina Azahara, which lies within the same municipality but outside the city.

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