Title

The walls of the Arab fortress (alcazaba) at Merida, Spain, 2007. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

The walls of 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_395

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (3,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5129 x 3419 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe city Italy building buildings architecture wall country path Rome Spain Spanish Moorish continent European castle color colour defence bench Arab ruins archaeology ruin fortress fortification Roman location Merida century photograph concept ruined archaeological site archeology 21st century Extremadura world heritage site UNESCO Alcazaba Ancient Rome historic Ancient city 1st century BC 9th century ancient site Badajoz TGN photograph Sites & Photos Samuel Magal Magal Samuel photograph