SESSION 22: A VISIT TO THE ALCAZABA
DAY: WEDNESDAY 7TH APRIL
MEETING POINT: PUERTA PURCHENA
TIME: 18:30
OUR GUIDE: TERESA
Hi everybody, as we said in our last oral session, this Wednesday is going to be special. We are going to visit the Alcazaba of Almería and Teresa is going to be our English guide. I recommend you to have a look at the different information you can find in the internet about the Alcazaba and Almería as a CITY FOR TOURISTS.
Here are some things I found:
History
In 995 Almería gained the title of medina ("city") by caliph Abd ar-Rahman III construction of the defensive citadel, located in the upper sector of the city, began in this period. The alcazaba, provided not only with walls and towers but also with squares, houses and a mosque, was to be also the seat of the local government, commanding the city and the sea nearby.
The complex was enlarged under caliph Al-Mansur and, later, under Al-Jairan, first king of then independent taifa of Almería (1012-1028).
In 995 Almería gained the title of medina ("city") by caliph Abd ar-Rahman III construction of the defensive citadel, located in the upper sector of the city, began in this period. The alcazaba, provided not only with walls and towers but also with squares, houses and a mosque, was to be also the seat of the local government, commanding the city and the sea nearby.
The complex was enlarged under caliph Al-Mansur and, later, under Al-Jairan, first king of then independent taifa of Almería (1012-1028).
Overview
First line of walls:
It is a wide enclosure corresponding to the first Muslim military camp, used as shelter for the population in case of siege. For this task it was provided with large rainwater tanks.
Second line of walls:
The first enclosure is separated by the second one by the so-called Muro de la Vela ("Wall of the Sail"), taking its name from a bell that warned the population in case of events such as the arrival of a ship in the port, danger, fires etc. This wall was built by King Charles III of Spain.
The second enclosure was the residence for the governors, their soldiers and their servants. It included also the mosue, baths, tanks, tents etc.
Third line of walls:
the third enclosure, the more external, is also the most modern in the complex. After the Christian conquest of Almería, the Catholic kings Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand I of Aragon has a castle built in the most elevated sector of the town, more apt to resist to the new powder artillery.
First line of walls:
It is a wide enclosure corresponding to the first Muslim military camp, used as shelter for the population in case of siege. For this task it was provided with large rainwater tanks.
Second line of walls:
The first enclosure is separated by the second one by the so-called Muro de la Vela ("Wall of the Sail"), taking its name from a bell that warned the population in case of events such as the arrival of a ship in the port, danger, fires etc. This wall was built by King Charles III of Spain.
The second enclosure was the residence for the governors, their soldiers and their servants. It included also the mosue, baths, tanks, tents etc.
Third line of walls:
the third enclosure, the more external, is also the most modern in the complex. After the Christian conquest of Almería, the Catholic kings Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand I of Aragon has a castle built in the most elevated sector of the town, more apt to resist to the new powder artillery.
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