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• Room 4. The lukewarm water room
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• Room 6. The Al-Andalus Garden
• Room 7. Reception hall of the taifa era
• Room 8. The Almohad bath
• Room 9. Boiler, furnace and service

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The Al-andalus garden (5 of 5) Audiodescription.

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From the reception, taking the not very steep zigzagged wooden sloped ramp, you will access the Taifa area. This area has a long and wide corridor. To its left there is a line of wooden pivots joined with chains, and on its right, there are four glass cupboards exhibiting pieces belonging to the caliphal era. On the left wall, there is a recreation of a big mural that shows a recreation of the andalusí garden. On the right wall, in the middle of the corridor, you can access the next room through the not very steep ramp: the reception hall.
It was possible to gain access to the Taifa hall through a garden that reflected the Muslim conception of paradise. Two channels divided it into four parts. There was a fountain in the centre of the garden. Hydraulic engineering and irrigated agriculture were strongly developed in the Moorish Iberia.
The garden was in front of the hall; its ground was lower than the portico's flooring. This made the tree tops to be at the same level as the visitors.
They probably planted orange trees, lemon trees, myrtles and aromatic plants were possibly, the garden was turned into a pleasure for the senses. The aqueduct situated on the city walls supplied the tanks located close to the baths with water. There was also a cistern made of bricks for irrigation.