Madinat al-Zahra or Medina Azahara (Arabic: مدينة الزهراء, romanized: Madīnat az-Zahrā, lit. 'the radiant city') was a fortified palace-city on the western...

Medina Azahara is a hard rock band formed in Córdoba, Spain in 1979. The group was founded by Manuel Martínez (vocals), Miguel Galán (guitar), José Antonio...

(Qurṭuba). The centre of the Roman and Visigothic cities became the walled medina. Over time, as many as 21 suburbs (رَبَض rabaḍ, pl. أَرْبَاض arbāḍ) developed...

Azahara may refer to: a palace in Falset, Tarragona, Spain Azahara Muñoz (born 1987), Spanish professional golfer Medina Azahara, the ruins of an Arab...

massive palace complex, known as the Medina Azahara, built some five kilometres north of Córdoba. The Medina Azahara was modelled after the old Umayyad...

Medina Azahara. Historian Elizabeth Nash reports that, "Berber mercenaries from North Africa stationed in Córdoba rebelled and sacked Medina Azahara,...

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complex mixture of several styles. The extraordinary palace-city of Medina Azahara near Córdoba was built in the 10th century for the Ummayad Caliphs of...

iconic monuments such as the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the Medina Azahara. The capital was temporarily moved to Málaga. In a little less than...

by Alejandro Sanz "La Belle de Cadix" by Luis Mariano "Córdoba" by Medina Azahara "Cordoba" by Brian Eno and John Cale "Granada" written by Agustín Lara...

Seville (1184). Other notable examples include the ruined palace city of Medina Azahara (936–1010) and the Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, now a church, in Toledo...

Córdoba and directed important archaeological excavations near Córdoba in Medina Azahara. Born in 1843 in Burgos. Use of ceramics as decorative architectural...

1994) Antequera Dolmens Site (2016) 10th Century Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (2018) Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987) Historic...

the term Andalusian rock may be understood simply as flamenco prog. Medina Azahara turned from progressive to a hard rock outfit in the 1980s and they...

– Rudra Mahalaya Temple in Siddhpur, India, begun. 945 – Palace of Medina Azahara first occupied as the new capital of the Emirate of Córdoba (begun c...

for Medina Azahara, an archaeological site near Córdoba. The building was designed so as not to impose itself on the landscape of Medina Azahara (which...

include the pyxis of Zamora (actually made in Medina Azahara), the deer-like fountain source of Medina Azahara [es] or the marble font for ablutions of Almanzor...

named Mufaris who was chief of police in the palace of Almanzor in the Medina Azahara. There are no records until 1010, when they became administrators of...

had books purchased from Damascus, Baghdad, Constantinople, Cairo, Mecca, Medina, Kufa, and Basra. His status as a patron of knowledge brought him fame across...

the Jordan jund in Rayyu (Málaga and Archidona), the Jund Filastin in Medina-Sidonia and Jerez, the Emesa (Hims) jund in Seville and Niebla, and the...

Caesarean sections and cataract surgeries. Al-Zahrawi was born in the city of Azahara, 8 kilometers northwest of Cordoba, Andalusia. His birth date is not known...

137 mosques in the Medina of Grenada when it was the capital city of the Emirate of Granada (1230-1492). During this period the Medina (city) of Granada...

ibn Shaprut presenting ambassador John of Gorze of Otto I the Great to Abd al-Rahman III at the Medina Azahara, by Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer, 1885....

palace-city called Madinat al-Zahra (also spelled and pronounced today as "Medina Azahara"), located just outside Córdoba. Construction began in 936–940 and continued...

him in compensation. Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III occupies the palace of Medina Azahara (called "the shining city") as the new capital of the Caliphate of Córdoba...

Islamic Composite capital with Arabic-inscribed abacus, probably from Medina Azahara, in the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 10th-century...

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tower of town castle. Converted into a church in 1526. Aljama Mosque of Medina Azahara Aljama Masjid of Madinat al-Zahra Córdoba Spain 940 1010 A mosque in...

made from clay-type iron oxide) is strikingly similar to that found in Medina Azahara in Córdoba. It is a decoration executed with an excellent technique...

populated city, as capital and seat of the great mezquita, and with Medina Azahara as the aulic city symbol of the new caliphal power. North of the Guadiana...