Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'Caliphate City of Medina Azahara' has mentioned 'Courtyard' in the following places:
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In addition to being larger than their predecessors, they also feature very different layouts, such as a semi-basilical plan (in the House of Ja'far) and a courtyard surrounded by a porticoed gallery (the Court of the Pillars).
The mosque building was divided between an open courtyard (sahn) to the northwest and an interior prayer hall to the southeast.
The mosque was entered via three gates that led into the courtyard and were located on the courtyard's central axes: two lateral gates (to the northeast and southwest) and one on the main central axis of the mosque itself (to the northwest).
It consists of a large basilica-type structure to the north adjoined to a large open courtyard to the south.
It ended at a small porticoed court, where the visitors were possibly assigned to new guides, and from which they then entered into the courtyard of the Dar al-Jund along its middle axis.
Felix Arnold suggests that this overall layout had a precedent in the older Alcazar of Cordoba, where visitors coming from the main public entrance to the west arrived into a courtyard or garden in front of the Majlis al-Kamil ("Perfect Hall"), the main audience chamber of the palace.
Present-day gardens occupying the former courtyard in front of the Upper Basilical Hall
The courtyard of the Dar al-Jund measures 54.5 meters wide and 51 meters deep.
The main hall stood 1.2 meters above the level of the courtyard.
Stairs and ramps leading to its platform were located at the northern corners of the courtyard xe2x80x93 the stairs were for those on foot, the ramps for horses.
[67] The remains of the courtyard were converted into a garden in the 1960s.
This south hall opens onto the courtyard to the south through five broad archways.
[73] On the east side of the main structure is another apartment consisting of a courtyard, a portico of arches, and a hall, which was built over a former bathhouse[72]
[74] Felix Arnold notes that because the doorways of the three halls were aligned with each other and faced outwards from the edge of the palace terrace, they would have offered views of the distant horizon across the valley, but not onto a private garden or courtyard as was typical in many Islamic palaces in the history of the region.
Located on a lower level southeast of the Dar al-Mulk, the Court of the Pillars is a structure centered around a large square courtyard which is ringed with a portico on all sides.
On three sides of the courtyard, behind the portico, are wide rectangular halls.
[78][77][79] To the north of this building is another residential complex, and east of that (close to the north gate) are two other courtyard houses separated by a ramp between them.
The function of all these courtyard buildings, which were not typical of other structures in Madinat al-Zahra, is uncertain.
The reconstructed remains of the House of the Water Basin, showing the two porticos that stood on either side of the central courtyard
The building is laid out along an east-west axis and is centered around a square courtyard.
Its original entrance was on the north side and led directly into the courtyard.
On both the west and east sides were two rectangular chambers, one behind the other, whose entrances were aligned with the central axis of the courtyard.
The courtyard of the house was occupied by two symmetrical sunken gardens and by a water basin at the middle of the courtyard's western side, after which the house is named.
The gardens were surrounded by raised walkways that ran around the edge of the courtyard and were split by another walkway down the middle between them.
Water channels also ran along the edges of the courtyard and brought water to the basin.
Reconstructed portico in the main courtyard of the House of Ja'far
[25] The decorated portico of the main courtyard has been reconstructed since 1996 under the direction of Antonio Vallejo Triano.
The building consists of three areas which each had their own internal courtyard.
It was entered from the west and was centered around a square courtyard paved in violet limestone.
On the east side of the courtyard is an elaborately decorated portico, reconstructed since 1996, which led to three rectangular receptions rooms on the other side.
These other areas were accessed by passing through a smaller square courtyard in the northeast part of the house which had a circular water basin at its center.
On the north side of this courtyard was a private apartment, occupying the northeast corner of the house.
On the west side of the courtyard was a larger rectangular courtyard, surrounded by rooms, which served as a service area used by servants and staff.