Saragossa. Archway in the north porch Aljafería Palace, XI century.
The Aljafería is a fortified palace built in Zaragoza in the second half of the eleventh century on the initiative of Al-Muqtadir as the residence of the kings of Saraqusta. Its importance is that it is the only remaining testimony of building a large Hispanic Islamic architecture of the Taifa era. The city of Zaragoza has more than two thousand years of history. The Roman city was a colony Caesaraugusta Octavian Augustus refunded by veterans of the Cantabrian wars between the years 25 and 12 BC. In 714 it was occupied by the Saracen Musa ibn Nusair and became an important Muslim center called "Medina al-Baida Saraqusta" (Zaragoza the white), which unsuccessfully tried to occupy Charlemagne in 788. One of the most celebrated personages of this city was the painter Francisco de Goya, painter famous for his paintings about disasters of the Spanish Independence War A few years ago, was celebrated the International Exhibition of Zaragoza, recognized international exhibition was held from June 14 to September 14, 2008 and whose main theme was "Water and sustainable development". Is very famous as well the patron saint, the Virgin of the Pillar
Size: 3467px × 5200px
Location: Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Photo credit: © Nacho Calonge / Alamy / Afripics
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