Medina Azahara

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archaeological site historic ruin palatial city

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Madinat al-Zahra 2
Medina Azahara canonical 2
Caliphate City of Medina Azahara 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
historic ruin ⓘ
palatial city ⓘ
abandonedIn 11th century ⓘ
architecturalStyle Islamic architecture ⓘ
Umayyad architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
political capital ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
governingBody Junta de Andalucía NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Medina Azahara Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Salón Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
locatedOn foothills of Sierra Morena NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter al-Zahra NERFINISHED ⓘ
near city of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Caliphate of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantCulture Al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPeriod Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate circa 936 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2018 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1560 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Córdoba Province → hasHistoricSite → Medina Azahara ⓘ
Abd al-Rahman III → residence → Medina Azahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madinat al-Zahra
Abd al-Rahman III → orderedConstructionOf → Medina Azahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madinat al-Zahra
Andalusian architecture → hasNotableExample → Medina Azahara ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Spain → hasPart → Medina Azahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir → built → Medina Azahara ⓘ
this entity surface form: palace-city of Madinat al-Zahira near Córdoba