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During the walk through the ruins of the Alcazar of the caliphs’ palace. The rooms that you are going to visit had various functionalities (Housing service, guard, reception of embassies, the throne room ...). Keep in mind that all the way you are going to do is by the offices of the palace of the caliph, but the city extended beyond the limits of the Alcazar. In the plain you can see from the viewpoint that is at the entrance of the archaeological site lays a city with all the elements of an Andalusian city: houses, mosques, souks, a wall ...

Activity 2. Locate on the map.

Locate on the map the following spaces:

Aljama mosque – Throne hall – Eastern portico

Upper basilical building – Walls

Córdoba – the Jewish quarter

Let's go the historic centre of Cordoba by the Almodovar Gate. From the moment we enter we can see an irregular urban layout with narrow streets, winding, with small squares and dead ends. This street is typical of the medieval Muslim cities.

Activity 3. A walk through the Jewish Quarter.

In the map below, indicate the way that your follow up to theMosque of Cordoba:

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Activity 4. Identify various elements of the Muslim, Jewish and Christian Córdoba.

Identify each picture below and relate to one of the three cultures that lived in Cordoba.

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Cordoba – Aljama Mosque

The last stage of our tour is the visit to the Mosque of Cordoba. The building that now houses the Cathedral of Cordoba was built on a primitive Visigoth basilica; it was converted into a Muslim place of worship by Abd al-Rahman I and had several expansions throughout its history, as you can see the plan you have more down.

Activity 5. Inside the mosque.

• Point on the map the different phases of construction suffered by the Cordoba mosque until it was transformed into a Christian cathedral.

• Indicate the following parts of the Mosque:

Minaret – Ablutions yard – Prayer hall

Quibla - Mihrab

The Cordoba mosque was built on an ancient Visigoth basilica. What saint it was devoted?

In Cordoba, December 7, 2011

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