Small Horseshoe Arch - Calatrava la Vieja

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Country

Spain

Region

Castilla-La Mancha

Site

Calatrava La Vieja Fortress and Town

Material

Stone

Age

Medieval

Provenance

Calatrava La Vieja

Internal ID

small arch

Digitization date

11/9/2018; 13/9/2018

Photos / scans number

312

Hardware

Sony, Cannon

Lens

multiple

Lighting

Natural

Carved on the outer front of the southernmost tower of the west wall of the alcázar of Calatrava la Vieja. It has the alfiz painted red. It could have belonged to a small outdoor islamic shrine (musalla) during the XI-XII centuries.