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| Madinat Azahara was built in the 10th century by Abd-ar--Rahman III when he proclaimed he was caliph, making Cordoba a caliphate, not an emirate. |
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| The dignity of the new title required the establishment of a new city like the Fatimid Caliphs did in Tunisia with Ifriqiya and Cairo in Egypt, and the Abbasid Caliphs did in Iraq with Baghdad. |
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| The city was only inhabited for 100 years; it was sacked in the Fitna, or civil war, that broke the Caliphate apart. |
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| The city has been abandoned for almost 1000 years. |
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| Excavations began on the city in 1911. |
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| The city became a UNESCO site in 2018. |
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| The city is located adjacent to a large strip mall now. |
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| The site is accessed by bus from a museum. The bus ride is 10 minutes and it runs every 20 minutes or so. The museum is still a work in progress (and pretty leaky!). |
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