Publication Date
After the fourth/tenth century
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID
monument;ISL;it;Mon01;12;ar
Library Location
Sambuca in Sicily, Italy
Date
After the fourth/tenth century
Notes
The Arab quarter in Sambuca grew up around the castle on the high part of the hill, and still maintains the characteristics of its original plan. It is a group of adjacent houses that differ from the rest of the city's neighborhoods. Each house has a garden, its shape differs from the other gardens (annex, corridor, bayonet...) and the groups are separated by twisting and forking alleys, and the largest part of them is covered with arches, and some of them have doors. The neighborhood is surrounded by a wall with three watchtowers, one of which remains a tower in which the bell of the mother church was erected. Prince Mancud ordered the construction of this neighborhood in Sambuca, and the information mentioned by Al-Idrisi and Sicilian researchers says that there was another castle, established on the edge of Sambuca Hill in the year (441 AH / approximately 1050) to protect the area, and it was all demolished.
Sample Text
Pier Paolo Racioppi "Arab Quarter" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;it;Mon01;12;ar
