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Witness
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Copyright: Biswarup Satpati (biswarup) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 58 W: 0 N: 70] (1428)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-30
Categories: Nature
Camera: Sony CyberShot DSC-H1
Exposure: f/4, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Sunset view [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-07 3:38
Viewed: 577
Points: 2
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The Ruins of Medina Azahara (in Arabic: Madinat az-Zahra, مدينة الزهراء) are located about 5 kilometers from Córdoba, Spain. The ruins were discovered about ninety years ago. Only about 10 percent of the 112 ha site has been excavated and restored. The city flourished for approximately 80 years. It had been built by Abd ar-Rahman III the Caliph of Córdoba starting between 936 and 940. After Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself Caliph in 929, establishing the independent Umayyad Caliphate in the west, he decided to show his subjects and the world his power by building a palace-city 5 miles from Cordoba . The largest known city built from scratch in Western Europe , Medina Azahara was the forgotten Versailles of the middle ages. It would be described by travelers from northern Europe and from the East as a dazzling series of palaces full of treasures never seen before. Around 1010, Medina Azahara was sacked by Islamic purists from North Africa who considered the Muslim culture it represented far too liberal in its interpretation of the Koran. The raid effectively wiped the city off the map for a millennium.

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pretty composition with the different colors in the sky, greetings.

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