On the beams of the Mosque
From its origin The roof was all larch , and beams and planks were adorned of work and paintings. Some have said that this wood was brought from Africa, but having tradition of growing up in […]
The milestones of the Patio de los Naranjos
THE WAY IN AUGUSTA BÉTICA A page illustrated transcription of the inscriptions of the milestones, your photos and perhaps the diagram of the glasses Vicarelo. (all graphical documentation is) The level epigraphic this route are […]
Compostela bells and more
Compostela bells and more Finally, Muslims entered Cordova, preceded by four thousand captives, many wagons loaded with gold, silver and valuables fruit of that memorable expedition. Al-Makkari Refiere, and corroborates […]
Inscriptions in the temple
♦ Sign on the door of forgiveness The front door , call of forgiveness , much as it was in several of the Arabs time , in the reign of King Henry III. Its shape is that of a […]
Firnas and artist Angel Garcia Roldan
The artist Angel Garcia Roldan has worked on Abbas Ibn Firnas figure and its first flight from the minaret of the Mosque of Cordoba in its series ABBAS ABBAS PROYECT PROJECT. CELESTIAL WORLD is not only a tribute […]
Ibn Abbas's inventions Firnás
INVENTOS Planetarium and Water Clock. Abbas ibn Firnas, that the geniuses of the Italian Renaissance was ahead six hundred years before, home built in the first planetarium in History. It was a room in which they were represented […]
Abbas Ibn Firnas and the first flight of History
Pimer flight in history. Abbas ibn Firnas Arabist It was in the words of Philip Hittien his book 'History of the Arabs “the first man in history to make a scientific attempt at flying“. In a first attempt, on […]
Abbás Ibn Firnás, (820about. – 888). History of Genius
BIOGRAPHY Abbas Ibn Firnas was born in Korah Takrna, a village near Ronda (Malaga) in approximately 820. Its origin was Berber. He studied chemistry, physics and astronomy. Córdoba in those years was with the capital Baghdad […]