Medina Azahara

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Medina Azahara is the ruins of a vast 10th-century palatial city built by the Umayyad Caliphate near Córdoba in southern Spain, renowned as a masterpiece of Islamic architecture and urban planning.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
historic ruin
palatial city
abandonedIn 11th century
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture
Umayyad architecture
builder Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba
constructionBegan 10th century
continent Europe
country Spain
destroyedIn 11th century
discoveredIn 20th century
excavationBegan early 20th century
flourishedIn 10th century
foundedBy Abd al-Rahman III
function administrative center
political capital
royal residence
governingBody Junta de Andalucía
hasMuseum Medina Azahara Archaeological Museum
linked to: Medina Azahara
hasPart Salón Rico
administrative quarter
gardens
mosque
residential quarter
terraces
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus archaeological ensemble
knownFor Islamic art
decorative stonework
palatial architecture
urban planning
locatedIn Andalusia
Córdoba
Spain
locatedOn foothills of Sierra Morena
namedAfter al-Zahra
near city of Córdoba
linked to: Córdoba
partOf Caliphate of Córdoba
significantCulture Al-Andalus
Umayyad
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
significantPeriod Islamic Golden Age
startDate circa 936
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2018
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1560

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Córdoba Province hasHistoricSite Medina Azahara
Abd al-Rahman III residence Madinat al-Zahra
linked to: Medina Azahara
Abd al-Rahman III orderedConstructionOf Madinat al-Zahra
linked to: Medina Azahara
World Heritage Sites in Spain hasPart Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
linked to: Medina Azahara
Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir built palace-city of Madinat al-Zahira near Córdoba
linked to: Medina Azahara
Córdoba hasLandmark Medina Azahara
Medina Azahara hasMuseum Medina Azahara Archaeological Museum
linked to: Medina Azahara
Umayyad caliphs of Córdoba seatOfPower Madinat al-Zahra
linked to: Medina Azahara
Abd al-Rahman III residence Madinat al-Zahra
linked to: Medina Azahara
Abd al-Rahman III orderedConstructionOf Madinat al-Zahra
linked to: Medina Azahara
Subh of Córdoba residence Medina Azahara