Medina Azahara

settlement · 900 AD – 2099 AD

The Caliphate City of Medina Azahara is a city built in the mid-tenth century CE by the Umayyad dynasty as the seat of the Caliphate of Cordoba.

Medina Azahara
Coordinates
37.88624, -4.86737
Also known as
Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (en), Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (en), Conjunto Arqueológico Madinat az-Zahra, Madinat al-Zahra, Madinat al-Zahra’ (Córdoba) (spa), Madīnat al-Zahrā, Madīnat al-Zahrā' (ara), Medina Azahara / Córdoba(M) / Córdoba(P) / Andalucía (spa), Medina Azahara / Córdoba(P) / Andalucía, Medina Azahàra, Medina Azzahra, Medina-Zahra, Medinat al-Zahra, مدينة الزهراء (ara)
Dating
attested

Sources

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