The Alcázar of Córdoba: The Seat of Islamic Power in Al-Andalus

Abstract

In this paper, we show a synthesis of the recovered information in the most recent archaeological interventions of the occupied space by the architectural complex where the Omayyad seat of power and the following leaders of Córdoba were installed. As the most relevant aspects, we show the persistent continuity of the reoccupation and appropriation of the precedent buildings, the tight correlation with the Aljama Mosque, and the architectonic entity of the documented structures.

Keywords

• Alcázar
• Córdoba
• Al-Andalus
• evolution
• Islamic archaeology
• urbanism