Málaga, (EFE)
The archaeologist Carmen Íñiguez highlights this Monday in the presentation that it is something “unique, not only in Al-Andalus, also in the rest of the Islamic world, of two mosques, not for worship, but funeral homes, and a mausoleum”.
After this, it was decided to keep the remains “in situ”, so the Andalusian government acquired the part of the building where it is located and from 2002 to 2004 they worked on the space museum.
In 2007, it was noted as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), “the same protection as the Cathedral or the Alcazaba of Málaga”, highlights the archaeologist, who specifies that the visit “will contextualize what the city was in the Islamic era, its topography and aspects of geography.
“We are in the Yabal Faruh cemetery, the most important in Málaga at that time, which lasted from the 10th century to 1487”, he explains.
a simple building
These mosques are from the Almohad caliphate and the mausoleum has two levels of use, one at that time and another in “the Nasrid emirate”, according to Íñiguez.
The architecture is simple and exhibits a form “totally symbolic and with a lot of content”, with a decorative frieze with elements typical of the symbology of that time of the Almohad caliphate.
The careful decoration is done in ocher-colored stucco and distributed in panels with various motifs (crosses, eight-pointed stars, tree of life, palmettes and sebka board), which differentiates it from the simplicity of the mosques.
Guided tours will be free and by appointment, since there is a capacity of 25 people that includes the guide, and after starting this Wednesday with a special schedule at Easter from Friday to Sunday. EFE
