La construccion de la nueva sede institucional del Conjunto Arqueologico de Madinat al-Zahra ha e... more La construccion de la nueva sede institucional del Conjunto Arqueologico de Madinat al-Zahra ha estado precedida de una intervencion arqueologica para determinar la afeccion de dicha obra sobre los posibles vestigios que pudieran existir en los terrenos donde se habia proyectado. Los resultados han sido completamente negativos.
The construction of a New Institutional Headquarters for Madinat al-Zahra Archaeological Site has been preceded by an archaeological project to determine the existence of archaeological remains in the area within the new building have been planned. The results of the archaeological excavation carried out have been negative.
This chapter deals in detail with the interior of the walled perimeter of Cordoba. The medina occ... more This chapter deals in detail with the interior of the walled perimeter of Cordoba. The medina occupies the space of the ancient Roman and late antique city and reuses some of its main constructions and infrastructures, such as the city walls or the sewerage. Combining written sources and archaeological findings, this paper aims to collect up-to-date knowledge about the walls, gates, roads, centers of political and religious power, residences, baths, mosques, and water supply, etc. The quality and entity of the residential architecture shows that the medina is a privileged space, where the headquarters of power, the residences of the authorities, and the palaces of the members of the Umayyad family circle were situated. Based on this information, this paper also attempts to reconstruct the layout of the streets of the Umayyad medina, whose current image is the result of a long and uninterrupted process of evolution and change. It is also the consequence of the densification of the space, which occurred in times of political instability.
The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the sou... more The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the source) by the first Caliph of al-Andalus Abd al-Rahman III, being recently inscribed (2018) on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The abandonment and destruction of the city have been traditionally related to the civil war (“fitna”) that started between 1009 and 1010 CE. However, we cannot rule out other causes for the rapid depopulation and plundering of the city just a few decades after its foundation. The archaeoseismological study provides the first clues on the possible role played by an earthquake in the sudden abandonment and ruin of the city. Eleven different types of Earthquake Archaeological Effects (EAEs) have been identified, such as dropped key stones in arches, tilted walls, conjugated fractures in brick-made walls, conjugated fractures and folds in regular pavements and dipping broken corners in columns, among others. Besides that, 163 structural measures on EAEs were surveyed ...
The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the sou... more The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the source) by the first Caliph of al-Andalus Abd al-Rahman III, being recently inscribed (2018) on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The abandonment and destruction of the city have been traditionally related to the civil war (“fitna”) that started between 1009 and 1010 CE. However, we cannot rule out other causes for the rapid depopulation and plundering of the city just a few decades after its foundation. The archaeoseismological study provides the first clues on the possible role played by an earthquake in the sudden abandonment and ruin of the city. Eleven different types of Earthquake Archaeological Effects (EAEs) have been identified, such as dropped key stones in arches, tilted walls, conjugated fractures in brick-made walls, conjugated fractures and folds in regular pavements and dipping broken corners in columns, among others. Besides that, 163 structural measures on EAEs were surveyed resulting in a mean ground movement direction of N140º–160º E . This geological structural analysis clearly indicates a building-oriented damage, which can be reasonably attributed to an earthquake that devastated Medina Azahara during the 11st or 12th centuries CE. If this were the case, two strong earthquakes (≥VIII MSK/EMS) occurred in 1024–1025 CE and 1169–1170 CE could be the suspected causative events of the damage and destruction of the city.
… de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de difusión …, 1999
... Autores: Alberto J. Montejo Córdoba; Localización: Cuadernos de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de ... more ... Autores: Alberto J. Montejo Córdoba; Localización: Cuadernos de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de difusión científica del Conjunto Arqueológico Madinat al-Zahra, ISSN 1139-9996, Nº. 4, 1999 , págs. 209-231. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Información del artículo El alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: la olvidada sede de los gobernantes de A... more Información del artículo El alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: la olvidada sede de los gobernantes de Al-Andalus.
The information about a fortuitous find, happened in the XIXth century during the works to extend... more The information about a fortuitous find, happened in the XIXth century during the works to extend Saint Pelagio’s Seminary, enables us to confirm our proposal about the Southern limit of the Alcazar of Cordova (Spain) that we have written about in other papers, and the approximate location of the Rawda, the pantheon or burial place of the Umayyad dynasty of al-Andalus.
Información del artículo El Alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: estado actual de la cuestión y nuevas hi... more Información del artículo El Alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: estado actual de la cuestión y nuevas hipótesis.
A. Carretero Pérez & C. Papí Rodes (coords.): Actualidad de la Investigación Arqueológica en España I (2018-2019). Conferencias impartidas en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Madrid, pp. 197-214., 2020
Madīnat al-Zahrā’ was founded in 940 CE near Córdoba, Spain as the capital of the Umayyad calipha... more Madīnat al-Zahrā’ was founded in 940 CE near Córdoba, Spain as the capital of the Umayyad caliphate. The aim of a five-year project conducted by the German Archaeological Institute and the Conjunto Arqueológico de Madinat al-Zahra in cooperation with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid is the investigation of the so called Plaza de Armas, the central public square of the city. In 2017 the remains of the great portico were studied, which constituted the western limit of the plaza and the façade of the caliphal palace. In 2018 and 2019 the eastern side of the plaza was studied, revealing a second great portico, a gate and a large administrative complex located further east. Four phases of construction and use of the plaza could be differentiated, providing new insight into the way the caliphate presented itself to the public changed from the foundation of the city to its destruction in 1010 CE.
Presentamos en este trabajo el reciente hallazgo de un tramo correspondiente al hasta ahora desco... more Presentamos en este trabajo el reciente hallazgo de un tramo correspondiente al hasta ahora desconocido lienzo meridional de las murallas romana y árabe de Córdoba.A partir de esta evidencia intentaremos resolver, a manera todavía de hipótesis, la problemática conexión entre dicho lienzo Sur y la muralla occidental de la ciudad.
In this paper we present the recent find of a stretch corresponding to the Roman and Arab southern walls of Cordoba, until now unknown. From this evidence, and still as hypothesis, we will attempt to resolve the problematic connection between the southern and western wall of the city.
La construccion de la nueva sede institucional del Conjunto Arqueologico de Madinat al-Zahra ha e... more La construccion de la nueva sede institucional del Conjunto Arqueologico de Madinat al-Zahra ha estado precedida de una intervencion arqueologica para determinar la afeccion de dicha obra sobre los posibles vestigios que pudieran existir en los terrenos donde se habia proyectado. Los resultados han sido completamente negativos.
The construction of a New Institutional Headquarters for Madinat al-Zahra Archaeological Site has been preceded by an archaeological project to determine the existence of archaeological remains in the area within the new building have been planned. The results of the archaeological excavation carried out have been negative.
This chapter deals in detail with the interior of the walled perimeter of Cordoba. The medina occ... more This chapter deals in detail with the interior of the walled perimeter of Cordoba. The medina occupies the space of the ancient Roman and late antique city and reuses some of its main constructions and infrastructures, such as the city walls or the sewerage. Combining written sources and archaeological findings, this paper aims to collect up-to-date knowledge about the walls, gates, roads, centers of political and religious power, residences, baths, mosques, and water supply, etc. The quality and entity of the residential architecture shows that the medina is a privileged space, where the headquarters of power, the residences of the authorities, and the palaces of the members of the Umayyad family circle were situated. Based on this information, this paper also attempts to reconstruct the layout of the streets of the Umayyad medina, whose current image is the result of a long and uninterrupted process of evolution and change. It is also the consequence of the densification of the space, which occurred in times of political instability.
The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the sou... more The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the source) by the first Caliph of al-Andalus Abd al-Rahman III, being recently inscribed (2018) on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The abandonment and destruction of the city have been traditionally related to the civil war (“fitna”) that started between 1009 and 1010 CE. However, we cannot rule out other causes for the rapid depopulation and plundering of the city just a few decades after its foundation. The archaeoseismological study provides the first clues on the possible role played by an earthquake in the sudden abandonment and ruin of the city. Eleven different types of Earthquake Archaeological Effects (EAEs) have been identified, such as dropped key stones in arches, tilted walls, conjugated fractures in brick-made walls, conjugated fractures and folds in regular pavements and dipping broken corners in columns, among others. Besides that, 163 structural measures on EAEs were surveyed ...
The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the sou... more The “Caliphal City of Medina Azahara” was built in 936–937 CE or 940–941 CE (depending on the source) by the first Caliph of al-Andalus Abd al-Rahman III, being recently inscribed (2018) on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The abandonment and destruction of the city have been traditionally related to the civil war (“fitna”) that started between 1009 and 1010 CE. However, we cannot rule out other causes for the rapid depopulation and plundering of the city just a few decades after its foundation. The archaeoseismological study provides the first clues on the possible role played by an earthquake in the sudden abandonment and ruin of the city. Eleven different types of Earthquake Archaeological Effects (EAEs) have been identified, such as dropped key stones in arches, tilted walls, conjugated fractures in brick-made walls, conjugated fractures and folds in regular pavements and dipping broken corners in columns, among others. Besides that, 163 structural measures on EAEs were surveyed resulting in a mean ground movement direction of N140º–160º E . This geological structural analysis clearly indicates a building-oriented damage, which can be reasonably attributed to an earthquake that devastated Medina Azahara during the 11st or 12th centuries CE. If this were the case, two strong earthquakes (≥VIII MSK/EMS) occurred in 1024–1025 CE and 1169–1170 CE could be the suspected causative events of the damage and destruction of the city.
… de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de difusión …, 1999
... Autores: Alberto J. Montejo Córdoba; Localización: Cuadernos de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de ... more ... Autores: Alberto J. Montejo Córdoba; Localización: Cuadernos de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de difusión científica del Conjunto Arqueológico Madinat al-Zahra, ISSN 1139-9996, Nº. 4, 1999 , págs. 209-231. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Información del artículo El alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: la olvidada sede de los gobernantes de A... more Información del artículo El alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: la olvidada sede de los gobernantes de Al-Andalus.
The information about a fortuitous find, happened in the XIXth century during the works to extend... more The information about a fortuitous find, happened in the XIXth century during the works to extend Saint Pelagio’s Seminary, enables us to confirm our proposal about the Southern limit of the Alcazar of Cordova (Spain) that we have written about in other papers, and the approximate location of the Rawda, the pantheon or burial place of the Umayyad dynasty of al-Andalus.
Información del artículo El Alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: estado actual de la cuestión y nuevas hi... more Información del artículo El Alcazar andalusí de Córdoba: estado actual de la cuestión y nuevas hipótesis.
A. Carretero Pérez & C. Papí Rodes (coords.): Actualidad de la Investigación Arqueológica en España I (2018-2019). Conferencias impartidas en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Madrid, pp. 197-214., 2020
Madīnat al-Zahrā’ was founded in 940 CE near Córdoba, Spain as the capital of the Umayyad calipha... more Madīnat al-Zahrā’ was founded in 940 CE near Córdoba, Spain as the capital of the Umayyad caliphate. The aim of a five-year project conducted by the German Archaeological Institute and the Conjunto Arqueológico de Madinat al-Zahra in cooperation with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid is the investigation of the so called Plaza de Armas, the central public square of the city. In 2017 the remains of the great portico were studied, which constituted the western limit of the plaza and the façade of the caliphal palace. In 2018 and 2019 the eastern side of the plaza was studied, revealing a second great portico, a gate and a large administrative complex located further east. Four phases of construction and use of the plaza could be differentiated, providing new insight into the way the caliphate presented itself to the public changed from the foundation of the city to its destruction in 1010 CE.
Presentamos en este trabajo el reciente hallazgo de un tramo correspondiente al hasta ahora desco... more Presentamos en este trabajo el reciente hallazgo de un tramo correspondiente al hasta ahora desconocido lienzo meridional de las murallas romana y árabe de Córdoba.A partir de esta evidencia intentaremos resolver, a manera todavía de hipótesis, la problemática conexión entre dicho lienzo Sur y la muralla occidental de la ciudad.
In this paper we present the recent find of a stretch corresponding to the Roman and Arab southern walls of Cordoba, until now unknown. From this evidence, and still as hypothesis, we will attempt to resolve the problematic connection between the southern and western wall of the city.
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The construction of a New Institutional Headquarters for Madinat al-Zahra Archaeological Site has been preceded by an archaeological project to determine the existence of archaeological remains in the area within the new building have been planned. The results of the archaeological excavation carried out have been negative.
In this paper we present the recent find of a stretch corresponding to the Roman and Arab southern walls of Cordoba, until now unknown. From this evidence, and still as hypothesis, we will attempt to resolve the problematic connection between the southern and western wall of the city.
The construction of a New Institutional Headquarters for Madinat al-Zahra Archaeological Site has been preceded by an archaeological project to determine the existence of archaeological remains in the area within the new building have been planned. The results of the archaeological excavation carried out have been negative.
In this paper we present the recent find of a stretch corresponding to the Roman and Arab southern walls of Cordoba, until now unknown. From this evidence, and still as hypothesis, we will attempt to resolve the problematic connection between the southern and western wall of the city.