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1 ALMERIA'S FORTESS

2 What’s its name? Almeria's fortress

3 When was is built? In the tenth century

4 They use it to defend the city from enemies and to pray
What was it used for? They use it to defend the city from enemies and to pray

5 How was decorated? Horror vacuum
Relief of calligraphy, plant and geometric shapes. Arches

6 Are there any geometric forms in the monument? Which ones?
Yes, there are many different geometric shapes like square, rombus,circles and triangles

7 What materials were used?
Marble, stone, bricks, roof, tiles and wood

8 When can you visit it? The whole year From Tuesday to Saturday:
From January 1 to March 31: from to hours From April 1 to June 15: of to hours From June 16 to September 15: from to hours From September 16 to December

9 How much is the ticket? EU citizens accredited: free. Other Countries: 1,50 €.

10 Tower of Homage This is the highest tower of all the Almeria's fortess. It has an square plant and hot a circle plant like the other towers.On its main facade, the doorway is ready to accommodate the arms of Charles I, but never came to be there. Currently it collects inside the Andalusian Exhibition Center of Fotography.

11 Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
This is an image, built during the 1930s, located at the top of Cerro San Cristobal. It is made of marble from Macael (Almería). It was restored in 2000.

12 ABBAS IBN FIRNAS

13 ABBAS IBN FIRNAS He was an Andalusian musulim. He was born in Ronda (Malaga). He lived in the second half of the eleventh century. Before Leonardo Da Vinci , he made an individual machine to fly and he could fly with that machine for a while. He was the first man to use astronomical tables Sindhind in the Iberian Peninsula. He introduced crystal carving technique and he built an anaphoric clock and the first European armillary sphere.

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15 Abbas Ibn Firnas wasw the firt important scientific of all Al- Andalus
Abbas Ibn Firnas wasw the firt important scientific of all Al- Andalus. Al-Andalus was most important cultural center of the world in the Middle Ages.

16 BY ADELAIDA MÁRQUEZ GARCÍA


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