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The Arab fortress (alcazaba) at Merida, Spain, 2007. Artist: Samuel Magal
The Arab fortress (alcazaba) at Merida, Spain, 2007. This Moorish castle was created in 855 by the enlargement of an earlier Roman and Visigothic building, which was later converted by the Order of Santiago into a monastery. The Moors restored the Roman cistern in the basement of the fortress and built a flight of steps down to it, re-using Roman and Visigothic stones. Merida was founded by the Romans in 25 BC, under the name of Augusta Emerita, as a colony for veterans of the Vth and Xth Legions.
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AR9140629
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5129px × 3419px
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1ST CENTURY BC
21ST CENTURY
9TH CENTURY
ALCAZABA
ANCIENT CITY
ANCIENT ROME
ANCIENT SITE
Arabian
Archaeology
archeology
Architectural Feature
Architecture
Badajoz
building
BUILDINGS
Castle
Cityscape
color
concept
CONTINENT
country
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
EXTREMADURA
Fortification
Fortress
HISTORIC
Italy
LOCATION
Magal
MERIDA
Moorish
Photograph
Portico
Roman
ROME
Ruin
RUINED
RUINS
SAMUEL
Samuel Magal
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Spanish
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