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Islamic madrasa of Villena

Villena, L'Alt Vinalopó, Alicante

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Islamic madrasa of Villena

Monument · Villena, L'Alt Vinalopó, Alicante

Image of Villena, not of the place itself.

A Qur'anic school that operated in Villena around the year 1200, a refuge for prominent teachers of rhetoric fleeing Almoravid persecution, among them the Jaén-born Mohamad ben Ahmad ben Hassan, who was one of its teachers.

Photo: Qoan (Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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