*SPAIN~Medina Azahara, meaning"brilliant town"is the ruins of a vast,fortified Ara

*SPAIN~Medina Azahara, meaning"brilliant town"is the ruins of a vast,fortified Arab Muslim medieval palace-city built by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir,(912–961) Ummayad Caliph of Córdoba, and located on the western outskirts of Córdoba,Spain.It was an Arab Muslim medieval town+ the de-facto capital of al-Andalus, or Muslim Spain,as the heart of the administration+government was w/in its walls.Built beginning in 936-940, the city included ceremonial reception halls, mosques, administr… -- source link

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