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The difference is that civil buildings were used by the warriors, where the took refuge, and the used them as frotresses. And the religious buildings were used for praying and for the Holy War
 * 1.What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?**

Civil buildings: 1. The Ribat 2.The Muslim Wall 3.The Christian Wall 4.Cisneros' House 5.House and Tower of Los Lujanes 6.Alamillo Square 7.Cava Alta 8. Cava Baja 9.Juderia de Lavapies 10.Barrio de la Moreria
 * 2.Make a list of the most important civil buildings and another of the most important religious buildings in the city that you can still see today.**

=3.- What was the function of the civil building?What were they used for?=

The Muslim Wall was constructed to protect the Muslim city. The Christian Wall was constructed to protect the city of Madrid after the Reconquest. The Ribat was used like wall and an Arabian Monastery. Lujanes House and Tower was the residence of King Francis I. Inside the building was located the optical telegraph. In the Plaza del Alamillo were constructed a tribunal of justice, a townhall and a building. Cava Alta and Cava Baja were moats that protect the Christian Wall. Judería de Lavapies was the neighborhood where the jews lived. Barrio de la Moreira was the neighborhood where the muslims lived. =4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?=


 * San Andrés Parish:** This parish was constructed to pay tribute to the apostle St. Andres and for praise him.


 * San Nicolas de los Servitas Church:** It was built as a parish, but during the independence war it was used to storege the weapons, later it was used as cuartel,warehouse,and as the acting hall of the Royal Band.


 * San Pedro el Viejo Church:** It was constructed to pray.


 * San Gines Parish:** It is used to catholic Mass.


 * San Miguel de los Ochotes Parish:** It was built to pray an to conffered to God.


 * Santa Cruz Parish:** The parish was built to commemorate the victory of Las Navas de Tolosa.


 * San Martín Monastery:** I t was built to serve as parish or convent.

=5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?=

 **Ribat:** The Emir Muhammad I ordered it construction.


 * The Muslim Wall of Madrid:**  The Muslims ordered it construction. It was constructed to defend Muslim almudaina or citadel, also to defend the mosque, the Alcazar and the house of the Emir or gebernador.


 * The Christian Wall of Madrid:** The Muslims ordered it construction.


 * Moreira's Neighborhood:** The wall was built by the Muslims.

**Cisnero´s House:** It was built by  Benito Jiménez of Cisneros, and the restorations by Luis Bellido y Gonzalez and Felipe Trigo.


 * House and Tower of " Los Lujanes":** We don´t know the author.


 * Alamillo Square:**  The Muslims ordered it construction.


 * Santa Catalina de los Donados Hospital:** It was sent to built by Pedro Fernandez. For attending old men.

=6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?=


 * San Andrés Parish:** Lopez de salazar built a chapel where it is today over this parish.


 * San Nicolas de los Servitas Church:** We dont know who ordered to built it, but as it was named in the Fuero of 1202 probably it was ordered by some muslim monarch or governor.


 * San Pedro el Viejo Church:** It was constructed by Francisco Sanz. It was problably built on a mosque.


 * San Gines Parish:** We don´t know who constructed, but it was bear 3 fires.


 * San Miguel de los Ochotes Parish:** We don´t know who constructed, but It was order to rebuilt by the Cardinal Infante Luis Antonio de Borbón y Farnesio and it was rebuilt by Santiago Bonavia.


 * Santa Cruz Parish:** It was ordered to built by Alfonso VIII.


 * San Martín Monastery:** It was told to built by Alfonso VII. It was rebuilt by the command of Gaspar Ordoñez and it was rebuilt by Fernando Arbos.

Write a small composition in which you explain:
 * __La Gran Pregunta__**

1. In what ways was society organised in Madrid during the Middle Ages?

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? The society of the Middle Ages was organized in two estates.They were the non-privileged estate and the privileged estate. The non-privileged estate had to pay taxes and could not participate in political issues. And the privileged estate didn't pay taxes and participated in political issues. The nobles belonged to the privileged estate, the ruled over the country and protected it by paying the knights that where the warriors. The Clergy belonged also to the privileged estate, they where abbots, priests, nuns, monks and bishops. They were the only ones that could read and write in the society. The workers belonged to the non-privileged estate and they worked cultivating the land of the clergy and the nobles. With their structures, they wanted to show their social estatement and the power that they had and the religion that they followed. The religion was very important because the Church had a lot of power and everything depended on religion. Religion was related to social status because everyone had to follow the religious rules.