Huerta de la Alcurnia

The Huerta de la Alcurnia was a Moorish garden in medieval Islamic Toledo, in Al-Andalus, present day Spain. Its name is derived from the Arabic Munya al-kudya, meaning 'garden on a higher ground.'

Design

The Huerta de la Alcurnia was on the river bank between the southern city walls and the Tagus River.[1] The garden had a pavilion for Al-Mamun, the king of the Taifa of Toledo. In the 11th century the garden was, possibly, the location of a water clock of the mathemacian al-Zarqālī, which was said to be between the "Bab-al-Dabbagin" also known by its Spanish name as "Puerta de los Curtidores" (English translation: gate of the tanners) and the Tagus.

Etching

A clear image of the garden is to be found on an etching of a view of Toledo from 1585 by Ambrogio Brambilla (f. 1585-99) ed. by Pietro de Nobili (dativus: Nobilibus), available on Bibliotheca Digital Hispánica" [2]

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See also
  • Palacio de Galiana
  • Spanish gardens
  • Category: Landscape design history of Spain

References
  1. Mariano Calvo, "Cuando Toledo era Greenwich", in: Tulaytula: Revista de la Asociación de Amigos del Toledo Islámico, ISSN 1575-653X, Nº. 1-2, 1997/1998, p.50
  2. Bibliotheca Digital Hispánica Link; Author Jollain, Francis ed.; retrieved on December 15, 2008


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