Tortosa: cultural and mediterranean city of the three cultures. Turtuxa, city of the Al-Andalus

 From the early eighth century, and until 1148, Tortosa was under Moorish domination. At this time the city was a strategic location from which controlled communications to the regions of North and dominated the waterway that gave access to the inland. Northernmost tip of Al-Andalus and the center of one of the busiest Taifa kingdoms, the city was very important from the economic and cultural points of view within the network of kingdoms that emerged from the crisis in the Caliphate Cordoba. The tour starts at Tortosa Andalusian starts inJaume Ferran i Clua, on the banks of the Ebro river to get to the Cathedral, a place where traditionally stood the great mosque and Medina. The missing building was built in 955, had five ships with atrium. After the conquest, the area was consecrated and used as a Christian church. The deapareguda its Romanesque was built years later. On the way to the castle, built in the exterior walls of the cathedral street Suda, there is a copy of the foundation stone of the shipyards of the tenth century, built during the reign of Abd al-Rahman III, a great promoter of public works . The original piece, created by sculptor Abd allah b. Kulayd in Kufic script florida own Caliphate period, survives today at Headquarters. The walk down the street of St. Philip Neri and the coast of priests brings us to the citadel or fortified, after leaving the building to the right of the Royal Colleges of St. James and St. Matthias, founded in the sixteenth century to indoctrination of new Christians or Moors. In saving a steep, crossing the locks of the courtyard wall, reached inside the Castle or St. John Suda. The impressive fortress dominates Tortosa and the Ebro River, and lookout of the valley floor of the Ebro. This was apparently the primitive core of Tortosa, due to its privileged strategic position. The Romans built the ancient acropolis of the call and then lifted the first Dertosa walled structures. Its importance as a fortress dating back, but in the eighth century with the arrival of Muslims. Then, under the command of Caliph Abd al-Rahman III built the castle of La Suda, privileged viewpoint of the city. Just to reach the top, left, before entering the yard, there is an ancient necropolis Arabic (X-XII centuries), the only open air preserved in Catalonia. Some of the tombs preserves the original stucco. In the center of the enclosure was built the huge hole, large diameter and depth, which fed water from the Ebro. Landmarks Tortosa Walls of Suda Counties: Baix Ebre Signage: Yes Duration: 1 hr 30 min Topics: Culture     Criteria of usage of these routes   See restaurants here See hotels here Source: Government of Catalonia. Directorate General of Tourism / Data Update: 05/10/2004

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