Caliphate City of Medina Azahara

World Heritage

Spain

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The Caliphate city of Medina Azahara is an archaeological site that was built by the Umayyads in the middle of the 10th century AD as the capital of the Caliphate of Cordoba. After a few years of prosperity, the city was razed to the ground during the civil war of 1821. The Caliphate fell in 1009-1010. The remains of the city were forgotten for nearly 1,000 years until they were rediscovered in the early 20th century. This complete urban complex includes infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water systems, buildings, decorative elements, and everyday objects. It provides an insight into the now-vanished Islamic civilization of Andalusia, which was at its peak.

# Archaeological sites

# Medina Azahara

# Umayyad Dynasty

# Cordoba

# Islamic civilization in Andalusia

# Urban Complex

Exterior view of the Upper Basilical Hall or Dar al-Jund, partly reconstructed today

The reconstructed remains of the House of the Water Basin, showing the two porticos that stood on ei...

Remains of the ablutions facilities on the northwest side of the mosque

The remains of the Aljama Mosque, seen from the northwest

Reception hall of Abd ar-Rahman III

Coins minted at Madinat al-Zahra in 347 AH (958 or 959 CE), in the name of Abd ar-Rahman III

Overall outline and division of the city

Remains of the North Gate, the main entrance to the site for visitors today

Floor plan of the Upper Basilical Hall

Interior of the central nave of the Upper Basilical Hall

Aerial view of Medina Azahara in 2020

Portico in the eastern apartment of the Dar al-Mulk

The Pyxis of al-Mughira, one of the luxury items produced in the workshops of Madinat al-Zahra, date...

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Medinat%20al-Zahra%20%288176482575%29.jpg
instance of	monument
located in the administrative territorial entity	Córdoba
executive body	Medina Azahara
location of creation	Medina Azahara
number of rooms	viaf-120707934
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/08bc8h
Commons category	Medina Azahara
has part	Canteras de Santa Ana de la Albaida
has part	Tōshōdai-ji
inception	1000-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(-4.867785472 37.886080468)
Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) code	RI-51-0000252
Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) code	RI-55-0000379-00001
Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) code	RI-55-0000379
Commons gallery	Medina Azahara
start time	2003-07-25T00:00:00Z
start time	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1931-04-06T00:00:00Z
start time	1996-06-18T00:00:00Z
start time	1997-08-23T00:00:00Z
start time	1923-07-26T00:00:00Z
start time	2003-07-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1923-07-12T00:00:00Z
start time	1996-01-30T00:00:00Z
native label	Madinat Al-Zahra
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
IAPH code	01140210134

heritage designation	mission
start time	2015-01-27T00:00:00Z
end time	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	2015-01-27T00:00:00Z
end time	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z