Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Caliphate City of Medina Azahara' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| [2][3] Water was supplied through aqueducts. | 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 |
| [45] The city's construction led to a road, water and supply infrastructure partly preserved until today in the form of remains of roads, quarries, aqueducts and bridges. | WIKI |
| House of the Water Basin[edit] | WIKI |
| The reconstructed remains of the House of the Water Basin, showing the two porticos that stood on either side of the central courtyard | WIKI |
| The House of the Water Basin (Vivienda de la Alberca in Spanish) is a structure located south of the Court of the Pillars. | WIKI |
| 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. | WIKI |
| Water channels also ran along the edges of the courtyard and brought water to the basin. | WIKI |
| 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. | WIKI |
| [89] The hall was fronted by the Upper Garden and by a large water basin, with which it formed a unified design. | WIKI |
| The building's front faxc3xa7ade features an arcade of five arches which was aligned with the water basin in front. | WIKI |
| View over the main water basin of the Upper GardenRemains of the Central Pavilion in the Upper Garden | WIKI |
| At the middle of the garden's northern side is a large water basin measuring 19 by 19 meters and 2 meters deep. | WIKI |
| [98] The gardens slope gently from north to south so that this water basin could be used to irrigate them. | WIKI |
| Water channels ran along the walkways to distribute water. | WIKI |
| The building stood on a platform one meter higher than the surrounding walkways, and on all four sides was a small water basin which rose to the same height as the platform. | WIKI |
| [102] The water basins may have been designed and placed so that any observer looking out from inside the pavilion would have seen the reflection of the sky in the water, while an observer from outside would have seen the pavilion reflected in the water. | WIKI |
| Likewise, the placement of the pavilion in relation to the Salxc3xb3n Rico meant that both buildings would have been reflected in the larger northern water basin. | WIKI |
| [103] These pools of water would have also reflected light into both buildings through their front archways. | WIKI |
| They might also have given the impression to observers inside them, when looking out, that the buildings were "floating" on water, since every main entrance was fronted by water. | WIKI |
| At the base of this buttress was a water basin into which water from the Upper Garden probably cascaded from above. | WIKI |
| Water infrastructure[edit] | WIKI |
| The palace was built where the 1st century Roman aqueduct running from the Sierra Morena to Cordoba ran, but this was several metres below the palace, so a new spur was constructed further back to bring permanent running water to the higher levels. | WIKI |
| In turn, the section of the old Roman aqueduct now diverted was used as a main sewer for a highly complex system of small channels carrying away rain and waste water. | WIKI |