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Copyright: Biswarup Satpati (biswarup)
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| Genre: Lieux |
| Média: Couleur |
| Date de prise de vue: 2006-12-30 |
| Catégories: Nature |
| Appareil photographique: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H1 |
| Exposition: f/4, 1/320 secondes |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Versions: version originale |
| Date de soumission: 2007-03-02 2:51 |
| Vue: 733 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe |
The Ruins of Medina Azahara 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.
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