Title
The Arab fortress (alcazaba) at Merida, Spain, 2007. Artist: Samuel Magal
Caption
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.
Date
1962
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal
Reference
HRM19D75_391
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,2Mb (3,8Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5129 x 3419 (300dpi)