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=1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?= The difference between them is that both are used for differents things. Civil buildings were used for vigilance and for avoid enemys, also for administration. Religious buildings were used for pray and to worship God.

=2. List of Civil and Religious buildings that are still standing:=

__//**2.1 Civil Buildings**//__
1- Ribat 2- Muslim Wall 3- Christian Wall 4- Alamillo Square 5- Cava alta 6- Cava baja 7- Cisneros House 8- House and tower of Los Lujanes

__**//2.2 Religious Buildings//**__

3- Parish of San Ginés
=3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?= The Ribat It was a fort used to avoid being conquered. It has two functions: 1- They used as fort and for vigilance. / 2. It was an Arab Monastery used to pray and for the Holy War. The Muslim Wall It function was to protect the city. The Cristian Wall It purpose was to give life to the new city created after the reconquest. The Alamillo square was built or give site to the court of justice, to the Country Hall and a house to live. Cisneros House was used as an hotel, as a prison by Antonio Perez and it was the secretary of the King Felipe II House and Tower of Lujanes was the residence of the King Francis I of France. =4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?= The Church of San Nicolas De los Servitas was normally used as a parish, but duing the independence war was used to storege weapons, later was used as a cuartel. The Basiica of San Miguel De los Otoes was a parish used for pray and to worship God. The Pairsh of San Miguel was used during the civil war as militar camps. =5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?= The Muslim Wall was ordered and paid by Muhammad I. Because they need protection. The Christian Wall was ordered and paid by Alfonso VII. Because they need protection after the reconquest for the new city. Alamillo square was ordered by the Muslims after they came from the Iberian Peninsula. The street Cava Alta and Cava Baja doesn'thave a known autor. Cisneros House was ordered and paid by Benito Jimenez of Cisneros. The House and Tower of Lujanes was ordered and paid for the constuction by Alvaro de Lujan. Because he had to have a house to live. =6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?= The Church of Sn Nicolas De los Servitas doesn't have a known autor, probably ordered a muslim governador. The Basilica of San Miguel De los Octoes was ordered and paid for the reconstruction by Infant Luis Antonio De Borbon y Farnesio. Because they want to pray. The Parish of San Gines doesn't have a known autor. Because it suffer a lot of fires and it has a lot os reconstructions.

__La Gran Pregunta:__
Considering the buildings that you have studied, write a small composition (10 lines) in which you explain: 1. In what ways society organized in Madrid during the Middle Ages? __**
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 * __ 2. What did the people who built the buildings hope to show with their structures? __**
 * __ 3.What role did religion play during the Middle Ages? Was it a private and personal matter? Or, was it related to social status? __**

Durig Middle Ages the society in Madrid was divided in two state: The privileged and the non privileged states. In the privileged groups there are: The Nobles, who they were rich, they doesn't pay any taxes so they accumulate money and they can built their buildings. Also they can hold political positions like governor and have their own space like: Alamillo square. The Clergy were also in the privileed state, they work in Parishes, churchs...So they were monks, nuns.. They doesn't pay taxes and they also can hold political positions. An example of a Parish is the **Parish of San Gines**. In the non privileged state were the workers, that were the only group that have to pay taxes and te onl group who were pour. They work with their unique possesion, their lands, sometimes the Nobles pa the workers to cultivate the Noble´s lands. So they were the craftmens,traders.. The people who had money built buildings for their needs. For example: The Hospital of Santa Catalina De los Donados, or for pray Basilica of San Miguel De los Octoes. The religion during Middle Ages were very important, and all the people have to believe in God, if someone doesn't believe in God it can be killed or have a hard punish. It was a private and personal matter but the pople didn't agree with religion could be punished or killed.