The Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf ordered the construction of a new grand mosque for the city on 1172 on the south end of the city. The new mosque was dedicated in 1182, but was not completed until 1198. It supplanted the one built between 829 and 830 by Umar […]
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Last year, HBO filmed scenes for season 7 at the ruins of a Roman amphitheater in the ancient Spanish city of Italica. The scene featured a big character meeting at the “Dragonpit”, which for season 7 had the largest character gathering in a single scene up to that point of […]