Medieval Cistern in Merida
by Weston Westmoreland
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Medieval Cistern in Merida
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Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Medieval Cistern in Merida, Spain
The Alcazaba of Merida is a 9th-century Muslim fortification that protected the Roman bridge over the Guadiana river, that communicated the ancient capital city of the Roman province of Lusitania, Emerita Augusta, with the southern routes. It was built by emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Córdoba in 835 to control the city, which had rebelled in 805.
It was the first Muslim alcazaba in the Iberian Peninsula, and was formed from a big squared line of walls built re-using Roman walls and Roman-Visigothic edifices in granite. The walls included 25 towers.
Inside the fortress there was an an aljibe, a cistern dug below the river level that collected and filtered water from the river by the fortress.
More images from Emerita Augusta and UNESCO Heritage rich Spain at https://weston-westmoreland.pixels.com/collections/spain
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December 12th, 2019
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