The excavations began in 1995 and were directed by Klaus Schmidt, a student of the archeologist Harald Hauptmann, who initiated the excavations at the prehistoric site of Gobekli Tepe.
Although Klaus Schmidt had spent many years in Turkey working at various archeological sites, the di ...
The Alcázar is a palace complex built in the 10th and 11th centuries.
Representatives of the Cordoba Caliphate resided there. At that time it was called Al-Muwarak. The complex consists of several parts built in different periods.