Marble Madinat Al Zahra Museu Arqueologico Cordoba

Madinat al zahra museum córdoba spain 1999 2009 the romantic image of ruins so often rejected for being nostalgic and anachronistic is nonetheless able to convey not only the evocative power of buildings from the past but also the destructive strength of time and nature.

Marble madinat al zahra museu arqueologico cordoba.

Madinat al zahra is an islamic city of 112 hectares of surface area. Standing at the foot of a mountain known as la desposada the newly wedded woman are the ruins of conjunto arqueológico de madinat al zahra its construction which began in 936 was ordered by the first caliph of al andalus abderraman iii in honour of his favourite al zahra. It is strategically located at the foot of sierra morena and far from the city of cordoba and its name means city of light history wanted the city not to reach the century of life and was devastated by the almohads years after being abandoned. The madinat al zahra museum appears silently in the landscape as if it had been found underground just like it will keep on happening over the course of the years with the old city of the.

El delegado territorial de cultura turismo y deporte de la junta de andalucía francisco alcalde ha informado de que este mes de enero la actividad la pieza del mes que se celebra este domingo está dedicada a piezas procedentes de la ciudad califal de madinat al zahra en apoyo a la candidatura de este importante enclave arqueológico como patrimonio mundial de la unesco. As part of the political economic and ideological programme placed in operation after the establishment of the caliphate.