Al-Andalus

Qarmūna قرمونة

Today: Carmona, Spain

Years: 713–1247

A strongly walled town on the road from Córdoba to Seville, Qarmūna was a taifa capital in the 11th century and later a key Almohad stronghold. Fernando III took it in 1247; its gates and Alcázar keep their Andalusi bones.

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Puerta de Sevilla (Alcázar de Abajo): Gate, 11th to 12th century

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