Military Barracks, Palace of Madinat az-Zahra
The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912"961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13434179
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45138738
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
