Medina Azahara

Today’s Friday activity was a visit to Medina Azahara. Medina Azahara was once a palace for the Caliph so big it was considered a city, but now it is only ruins. It was built in the 9^th century and took over a decade to build. Despite all this effort, it was destroyed a mere 80 years later during civil war.

The ruins are huge and gorgeous; I can only imagine how beautiful it was when the city stood in all its glory. I wish I could go back in time and visit it, just to see what it looked like. It was so torn apart during it’s history that a lot of the ideas about what it looked like is guesswork.

Regardless, it was wonderful to visit. I’ll post a couple more videos to the youtube account and I’ll add another picture or two to the end of the blog.