Madinat al-Zahra, Córdoba, Spain
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| Madinat al-Zahra | |
| Location | Córdoba, Spain |
| Date | 936 to 976 |
| Building Type | Town and City |
| Climate | Hot Temperate |
| Context | Small Town or City |
| Architectural Style | Moorish (Islamic) |
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| Notes | also known as Medina Azahara and Madinat al Zahra. See also: Madinat al-Zahra Museum, Córdoba, Spain. |
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| Client | 'Abd al-Rahman III |
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- Ewert, Christian. 1996. Die Dekorelemente der Wandfelder im Reichen Saal von Madinat al-Zahra : eine Studie zum westumaiyadischen Bauschmuck des hohen 10. Mainz am Rhein : P. von Zabern.
- Vallejo Triano, Antonio, ed. Madinat al-Zahra : el Salon de Abd al-Rahman III. Cordoba : Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Cultura.
- Ruggles, D.F. 2000. "Madinat al-Zahra." Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 53-85.
- Vallejo Triano, Antonio. 1992. "Madinat al-Zahra : the triumph of the Islamic state." al-Andalus: the art of Islamic Spain edited by Jerrilynn D. Dodds
- Barrucand, Marianne. The Case of the Sadi Qasaba of Marrakech. 1989
- Prado-Vilar, Francisco. Circular Visions of Fertility and Punishment: Caliphal Ivory Caskets from al-Andalus. 1997.
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- "Aga Khan Award for Architecture" by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 503, 2011.0112, p N1.1.
