And Giralda Minaret
In these two interesting pictures we can see that the extension Hernan Ruiz worked with the construction of the bell tower, and the interior structure of the Almohad minaret ramps cast in Seville Giralda.
Minaret
Evolution of the minaret andaluso-Maghrebi
The Arabic word al-manar from which the Spanish minaret consists Article (to the), by the prefix m of root location and nar / nur (fire / light), namely, trail. The idea is that the al-manar is the lighthouse […]
Descriptions of the two minarets
Description of the minaret of the mosque built by al-Nasir “In its northern part the mosque is provided with a remarkable style minaret, grandiose proportions, so strange plant. Its ground clearance is a hundred cubits, the […]
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 […]