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MADINAT AL-ZAHRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (MEDINA AZAHARA)

MADINAT AL-ZAHRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (MEDINA AZAHARA)

Discover a legendary city that reflects the splendour of a powerful caliphate, with fascinating stories and impressive architecture.
Medina Azahara, the sumptuous and mysterious city that Abd-al Rahman III ordered to be built at the foot of Sierra Morena, eight kilometers from Córdoba capital, contains, even in its name, legendary stories. The reason that may have prompted the caliph to found Medina Azahara was probably to give a renewed image of the newly created Independent Caliphate of the West, strong and powerful, one of the largest medieval kingdoms in Europe.