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The document discusses four ancient buildings in Spain: the Segovia Cathedral built in 1525, the Cordoba Roman Bridge built in the 1st century BC, the Alhambra fortress in Granada from the 13th century, and La Sagrada Família church in Barcelona begun in 1882 and still under construction.

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The document discusses four ancient buildings in Spain: the Segovia Cathedral built in 1525, the Cordoba Roman Bridge built in the 1st century BC, the Alhambra fortress in Granada from the 13th century, and La Sagrada Família church in Barcelona begun in 1882 and still under construction.

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NAME: Zinnia Zainab Ali

CLASS: 7A
ROLL NO: 43
SUBJECT: Geography

ANCIENT BUILDINGS OF SPAIN

1. Segovia Cathedral
Construction of the cathedral of Segovia began in the year 1525, during the reign of
Carlos V. It is in the late Gothic style and was built after the fire in the old
Romanesque cathedral in the year 1520. It has a ground plan with three naves,
lateral chapels and a semi-circular sanctuary with an ambulatory. The church was
built according to the design of Juan Gil de Hontañón.
2. Cordoba Roman Bridge
Cordoba Roman Bridge was built in the 1st century BC and straddles the 657-
kilometre Guadalquivir River. The bridge has 16 arches supported by irregular semi-
cylindrical buttresses and is 247 metres long by approximately 9 metres wide. In the
17th century a sculpture of St. Raphael was added to the eastern side by renowned
Renaissance sculptor Bernabé Gómez del Rio.
3. Calat Alhambra
Calat Alhambra or the “Red Fortress” in Granada, Spain, is a complex of royal
palaces, mosques, baths, shops and other buildings surrounded by an imposing two-
kilometre fortified wall. Originally established in 1238 by the founder of the Nasrid
Dynasty, Muhammad Ibn al Ahmar, it was expanded in the 13th century by Yusuf
I, Sultan of Granada of the Nasrid Dynasty. The Alhambra was completed in the
14th century. The Alhambra became the royal residence of the Nasrid princes
until 1492, when it was conquered by the Christians.
4. La Sagrada Família
La Sagrada Família is an iconic yet incomplete church in Barcelona with UNESCO
status, and is the final resting place of its designer, Antoni Gaudi. Works on La
Sagrada Familia were begun in 1882 under the architect Francisco de Paula del
Villar, then continued under Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona’s most famous son. Gaudi
spent over 43 years working on La Sagrada Familia – he saw it as his holy mission,
pouring his own money into the project when funds from the original commission
disappeared, since his death in 1926, and with the exception of the period of the
Spanish Civil War, La Sagrada Familia has been under construction.

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