3. Urban city
farmhouse
fortified area
mosque
market
baths
warehouse
walls
4. Baths: They were people had a bath everyday, morning-
Parts of the city
women evening-men
Zoco: market where the social and economic life was
centred .
Mosque : It´s where the religious life was centred
Medina ; The old city It contained the most important
buildings
Alcazar : A fortified area in the highest part of the city ,
where municipal employees and authorities lived.
Alhondigas : It was the merchants kept their goods
Arrabal : They were located around the medina .They were
worker´s districts, where the craft workshops were located
5. Muslim cities hot room warm room
latrines
Arab baths cold room
6. Cultural Legacy
AVERROES: MAIMONIDES ZIYARB Al-Idrisi
He was a doctor by
Important profession. Important He was from
philosopher His Maimonides was one Musician. He Ceuta. He was
writings were of the most left Baghdad an important
known important Jewish and he moved geographer, cart
worldwide . He philosophers of the to Cordoba ographer, Egypto
Middle Ages. He
translated and tried to show that , where he was logist.
studied the philosophy of the accepted as
Aristoteles and ancient Greek court musician
Sto Tomás de philosopher,
Aristotle, and
Aquino read Judaism supported
him. each other.
7. Features
• 1-Poor building materials
(plaster, bricks and tiles)
• 2-Abundant decoration
• 3-Geometrical and plant
motifs(Spanish ataurique ) were used
in the decoration They didn´t use
animals or people. Used words of
Coran .
• 4-Creation of fresh or pleasant
atmosphere They play with shade
and light.
• 5-They loved water. (Fountains and
waterfalls)
• 6-They used horseshoe or multi-foil
arches
• 7-Buildings had flat and wooden
roofs . Some domes had a lot of
decoration
