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(I hope this is the right place to post this)
Some may remember my introduction post where I talked a bit about the Water Gardens and some of the real-life examples I thought could be used as inspo for them. One of this places was the munyas, villae-like residences at the outskirts of cities in al-Andalus and other muslim states. Al-Rummaniyya was one of the most important, being outside of Córdoba and propiety of the caliphes. As I said before, it's structured in terraces, which accommodate gardens and orchards (huertos, to be specific). Here I leave some links that may be interesting: images, some history, wiki (not much), paper (in spanish, but if you don't want to translate it it has images and drawings at the bottom).
Al-Rummaniyya's reconstruction
Legend:
Huertas del Generalife (Generalife's orchards). Al-Rummaniyya and its gardens may have had a similar appearance.
(I hope this is the right place to post this)
Some may remember my introduction post where I talked a bit about the Water Gardens and some of the real-life examples I thought could be used as inspo for them. One of this places was the munyas, villae-like residences at the outskirts of cities in al-Andalus and other muslim states. Al-Rummaniyya was one of the most important, being outside of Córdoba and propiety of the caliphes. As I said before, it's structured in terraces, which accommodate gardens and orchards (huertos, to be specific). Here I leave some links that may be interesting: images, some history, wiki (not much), paper (in spanish, but if you don't want to translate it it has images and drawings at the bottom).
Al-Rummaniyya's reconstruction
Legend:
- Alberca (pool)
- Salón (hall)
- Arroyo (stream)
- Jardín (garden)
- Acceso (entrance)
- Cuerpo central (main body)
Huertas del Generalife (Generalife's orchards). Al-Rummaniyya and its gardens may have had a similar appearance.
