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Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
The Caliphate city of Medina Azahara is an archaeological site that was built by the Umayyads in the middle of the 10th century AD as the capital of the Caliphate of Cordoba. After a few years of prosperity, the city was razed to the ground during the civil war of 1821. The Caliphate fell in 1009-1010. The remains of the city were forgotten for nearly 1,000 years until they were rediscovered in the early 20th century. This complete urban complex includes infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water systems, buildings, decorative elements, and everyday objects. It provides an insight into the now-vanished Islamic civilization of Andalusia, which was at its peak.
Medina of Sousse
An important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800-909), Sousse is typical of towns from the first centuries of Islam. Sousse has a castle, walls, a medina (the Great Mosque), the Boufta Tower Mosque, and a typical ribat (a fortress and a religious building) that formed part of the coastal defense system.
Kasbah of Algiers
The Kasbah is a unique medina, or Islamic city. It sits on one of the most beautiful coastal sites in the Mediterranean, overlooking an island where a Carthaginian trading post was established in the 4th century BC. There are remnants of a castle, an ancient mosque and an Ottoman-style palace, as well as remnants of a traditional urban structure linked to a deep-rooted sense of community.