Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Caliphate City of Medina Azahara' has mentioned 'Mosque' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| The new city included ceremonial reception halls, a congregational mosque, administrative and government offices, aristocratic residences, gardens, a mint, workshops, barracks, service quarters, and baths. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Name 2 History 2.1 Background 2.2 Construction and development 2.3 Life and government within the palace-city 2.4 Construction of Madinat az-Zahira by Almanzor 2.5 Decline and destruction 3 Geography 4 Architecture and layout 4.1 Overview 4.2 The lower level 4.2.1 The Aljama Mosque 4.3 The upper levels (palace areas) 4.3.1 Gates and entrances 4.3.1.1 North Gate 4.3.1.2 Bab al-Sudda (eastern portico) 4.3.2 Upper Basilical Hall (Dar al-Jund) 4.3.3 Dar al-Mulk 4.3.4 Court of the Pillars and nearby buildings 4.3.5 House of the Water Basin 4.3.6 House of Ja'far 4.3.7 The service area 4.3.8 Salxc3xb3n Rico (Reception Hall of Abd ar-Rahman III) 4.3.9 The Upper Garden and the Central Pavilion 4.3.10 The Lower Garden 4.4 Water infrastructure 5 Architectural influence and legacy 6 Archaeology and conservation 7 Museum 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 External links | WIKI |
| The mosque on the site was consecrated in 941. | WIKI |
| [27] The main mosque (also known as the Aljama Mosque), and one or more small neighbourhood mosques, provided religious services. | WIKI |
| The palace was located at a higher level, and staggered its buildings along the side of the mountain in an expression of clear preeminence over the urban hamlets and the Aljama Mosque spread across the plains below. | WIKI |
| The eastern zone, about 700 meters wide, was an urbanized area that housed the general population and including the main congregational mosque and the markets. | WIKI |
| [44][51] Recent excavations have also uncovered the remains of a smaller neighborhood mosque in the southeastern part of the city. | WIKI |
| The Aljama Mosque[edit] | WIKI |
| The remains of the Aljama Mosque, seen from the northwest | WIKI |
| The city's main congregational mosque, also known today as the Aljama Mosque, was located on the lower level just east of the Upper Garden and Salxc3xb3n Rico complex. | WIKI |
| [53] Other roads led to the mosque from the rest of the city around it. | WIKI |
| Like the Great Mosque of Cordoba, a private passage allowed for the caliph to enter the mosque directly into the maqsura, the privileged area near the mihrab. | WIKI |
| [12] The mosque had a rectangular floor plan aligned northwest to southeast, in accordance with the qibla (direction of prayer). | WIKI |
| [54][55] Outside the mosque, on its northwest side and near the entrance, is a set of facilities which provided for the ritual of ablutions. | WIKI |
| Remains of the ablutions facilities on the northwest side of the mosque | WIKI |
| The mosque building was divided between an open courtyard (sahn) to the northwest and an interior prayer hall to the southeast. | WIKI |
| 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). | WIKI |
| This is the earliest evidence of such a minaret being used in the architecture of al-Andalus, as it is older even than the minaret Abd ar-Rahman III later built for the Great Mosque in Cordoba. | WIKI |
| The mosque's prayer hall was divided by rows of arches into five parallel "naves". | WIKI |
| [57] The middle nave, in front of what would have been the mihrab (wall niche symbolizing the direction of prayer), was wider than the other four naves of the mosque. | WIKI |
| On its east side was the Lower Garden and on its west side was the Aljama Mosque. | WIKI |
| [107][28][108] The congregational mosque (or Aljama Mosque) of Madinat al-Zahra bears close resemblance to the Great Mosque of Cxc3xb3rdoba (at least prior to the latter's expansion by Al-Hakam II), and replicated its rows of double-tiered arches. | WIKI |