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Archeology and formation of the Al-Andalus Ribat
October 09, 20247:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
On Wednesday, October 9 in Cordoba, we are hosting a new session of our new series dedicated to Mediterranean Mosques, with this session on the Caliphate Ribat of Guardamar del Segura (Alicante), to be presented by Rafael Azuar.
Excavations along the coastal dunes of Guardamar del Segura (Alicante) (1984-1992) brought to light the remains of a “ribat,” unknown from the Arab sources. Thus, for the first time archeological study provided material data with stratigraphic and epigraphic dating of the unknown ribaṭ/s from the ninth-tenth centuries in Al-Andalus, of an architectural and monumental complexity different from the well-known “ribats” in Tunisia and North Africa.
Rafael Azuar Ruiz
With a PhD in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Alicante, he specializes in Medieval Archeology. Since 1982, he has been the Cataloguing Conservator of the Alicante Archeological Museum (MARQ), having been its director (1996-2006) and that of the National Underwater Archeology Museum in Cartagena (2006-2010). At present, he is the head of the Excavations and Collections Unit of the MARQ.
He has been an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Alicante (1988-1998) and a member of various advisory commissions on archeology for the Valencian Autonomous Region (1985-1996).
His career as a researcher has been marked by dozens of scientific articles and more than ten books devoted to studying the past of the “Sharq Al-Andalus” through archeology and its relationship with the Mediterranean, encompassing everything from castles to cities. He works as an evaluator for important scientific journals and forms part of editorial committees at journals (Arqueología y Territorio medieval, Boletín de Arqueología Medieval, Arqueología de la Arquitectura).
As a specialist in the archeology of Al-Andalus, his most highly valued contribution has been the discovery and excavation of the unique religious ensemble of the caliph’s “Ribat” in Guardamar del Segura.
Rafael Azuar Ruiz
With a PhD in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Alicante, he specializes in Medieval Archeology. Since 1982, he has been the Cataloguing Conservator of the Alicante Archeological Museum (MARQ), having been its director (1996-2006) and that of the National Underwater Archeology Museum in Cartagena (2006-2010). At present, he is the head of the Excavations and Collections Unit of the MARQ.
He has been an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Alicante (1988-1998) and a member of various advisory commissions on archeology for the Valencian Autonomous Region (1985-1996).
His career as a researcher has been marked by dozens of scientific articles and more than ten books devoted to studying the past of the “Sharq Al-Andalus” through archeology and its relationship with the Mediterranean, encompassing everything from castles to cities. He works as an evaluator for important scientific journals and forms part of editorial committees at journals (Arqueología y Territorio medieval, Boletín de Arqueología Medieval, Arqueología de la Arquitectura).
As a specialist in the archeology of Al-Andalus, his most highly valued contribution has been the discovery and excavation of the unique religious ensemble of the caliph’s “Ribat” in Guardamar del Segura.
