This document summarizes information about the cities of Badajoz and Almeria during the Al-Andalus period. It describes how Badajoz was an important and powerful city that was founded by Ibn Marwan in 875. It discusses the historic Alcazar of Badajoz and important bridges, doors, and walls in the city. It also outlines the route used by Al-Andalus to conquer Badajoz. For Almeria, it notes it was a powerful kingdom and highlights important monuments like the Alcazar built by Abd al Rahman III, as well as the route used to conquer Almeria. Photos related to important sites in Badajoz and Almeria are

1. Proyect of Al-AndAlus:
bAdAjoz And AlmeriA

2. PArt 1 :
bAdAjoz

3. bAdAjoz
Badajoz (nowadays) is a city located in west of Spain
(Extremadura).
Badajoz (in al-andalus times) is a city of much powerfull and was
one territories most important in Al-andalus.

4. History of bAdAjoz in Al -AndAlus
various Arabic texts speak
of Ibn Marwan as the founder
of Badajoz in 875'' By choosing to
do basharnal'' that would place it i
n front of La Muela, the
other the Guadiana River Fort
SanCristobal known. After the
fall of the Caliphate of Cordoba,
Badajoz is turned to one of
themost important Taifas
kingdoms of the peninsula,
where centuries later
as peninsular cities,rather
than conquest and reconquest of
Muslims and Christians until
the March 19, 1230,Alfonso IX
of the Lion king finally
conquered Muslim Abenhut with
the
help of the military orders
of Alcántara and Santiago.

5. tHe AlcAzAr of bAdAjoz (1)
the alcazar:
with the Arab domination when this place of great strategic
importance copper and military, especially in the
time Ibn Marwan, in the late ninth century , with
permission from Cordoba emir Muhammad I , was
established in this' 'hill of the teeth.''

6. tHe AlcAzAr of bAdAjoz (2)
Established in this' 'hill of the teeth.''
Abu Yusuf, the Almohad caliph resident
in Seville, Madaria build the Alcazar in
the year 1169, as now known,
becoming its strategic situation and
defense in one of the most
important of the Iberian Peninsula,
being walled in this time Almohad almost
entirely with subsequent restorations and
improvements
of the cuadrangular towers the wall
paintings of the
watchtower known as''Espantaperros’’
popular was in Arabic, although the bell
tower is topped that of the sixteenth
century Mudejar work has now
become a beautiful emblem Badajoz.

7. tHe AlcAzAr of bAdAjoz (3)
Among the known names such as doors Coraxa, Cars, and
capital Alpéndiz highlights this last one is named after
the Roman capital that is embedded in the top of the pointed
horseshoe arch in enter contrary this alcazar with
three mosques, which became onewith the name of St. Mary of
the Castle into a Christian church until the nineteenth. in
1931 the fortress of Badajoz-artisic Historic Monument.

8. bridges, doors and walls (1)
the border condition of Badajoz has naturally
affected their configuration for centuries, with the
rise and construction of walls, gates and bridges that
now make an attractive tourist and cultural route by
the city.

9. bridges, doors and walls (2)
the doors of this city, will talk some with names of nearby
towns such as Merida and Jerez are currently
known but another very different, if the door Pilar
or emblematic Puerta de Palmas latter is the
most famous is among badajocenses and visitors to the city
with crenellated towers of plant circular, adorned with
decorative beads own the twelfth century.
Popular'' Puerta de Palmas'' emblem of the city, has a beautiful
arch of triumph of the time devoted to Arabic Ab-rahman II.

10. bridges, doors and walls (3)
this bridge palm of XIII century caliph being
muhamed I and Herrera style built with ashlar granito
and maposteria and city cross by the river Guadiana,
there are other bridges built parallel to the palm, with
names such astronomy, university or actual.

11. The route that Al-andalus use to conquer Badajoz
This route begin in Zafra, then in
Almendradejo, later in Merida ,
after that Valencia de Alcantara
(Caceres ). When he had all the
terrories around Badajoz they
conquered.

12. Part 2:
almería

13. almeria
Almeria (nowadays) is a city located in southeast of
spain (Andalucia).
Almeria (al-andalus) is one of most powerfull
kingdoms in Iberian Peninsula.

14. monuments of almería:
The Alcazar :is muslim control Abd al rahman III built in 955,
gives sign of settlement of Al-andalus in Almería.Has three
enclosures and is declared a site of cultural interest.
La hoya: park hosts the wildlife rescue saharan.
Jayran Wall: is it the wall that connected the castle of saint
Cristobal with the Alcazar.

15. Saint Cristobal Wall and hill:
templars alfonso VII built them
and from you can see beyond
the wall complet.Declared of
cultural interest.
Church of Saint John (old
mosque): filed of cultural
interest even retains the quibla
wall and mihrab niche of old
mosque.
The Chanca : Sweep feature
almeriense muslims on the
Almeria Jewry before the 11th
century.

16. Felucca Almariya : replicate
Spanish ship-muslim of the
10 th to the 14 th.
Baths Arabs : they date
from the 11 th century.

17. The route that Al-andalus use to conquer Almeria:
This route start in the capital
Almeria and follows the bd of the
river Andarax.In the basin lies the
city that was Urci roman-iberian of
today Benahadux chuche
community in the remainig traces of
the passage of this community.Also
the passage of romans tells us the
next stop on the road, the site of
Quinciliana in Gador.

18. Some photos
of Badajoz and
Almeria

19. Bridge ‘’ las palmas’’

20. Tunels for al-andalus to escape in the alcazar

21. Hill and wall san cristobal

22. Jaryan wall

23. The alcazar of merida

24. Almendradejo

25. The alcazar of Zafra

26. The end