Almería

MUSLIM ALMERIA

Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It’s is the capital of the province of the same name.
It borders with Granada and Murcia, and itThe city was founded by Calipha Abd-ar-Rahman III 
of Cordova in 955 AD. In this period, the port city of Almería
reached its historical peak. After the fragmentation of the 
Caliphate ofCórdoba, Almería continued to be ruled by
powerful local Muslim Taifa emirs like Jairan, the first
independent Emir of Almería and Cartagena, and Almotacin,
the poet emir. Both Jairan and Almotacin werefearless warriors,
but also sophisticated patrons of the arts.
A silk industry, based upon plantings of mulberry trees in the hot,
dry landscape of the province, supported Almería in the 11thcentury.














The Alcazaba has 1,430 metres of walled perimeter; it is the second biggest Moorish construction after the Alhambra. The Alcazaba of Almería is a fortified complex in Almería, southern Spain. The word alcazaba, from the Arabic word al-qasbah, signifies a walled-fortification in a city.
The first line of wallsis 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 cisterns.The first enclosure isseparated 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. In the second enclosure was the residence for the governors, their soldiers and their servants. It included also the mosque, baths, tanks, tents etc. The third enclosure, the mostexternal, is also the most modern in the complex. After the Christian conquest of Almería, the Catholic monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand I of Aragon had a castle built in the most elevated...