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1-What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?
The differences between a civil building and a religious building are that the civil buildings were constructed to help with the protection of the city and the religious buildings were constucted to pray or to praise a saint or drectly to raise God.

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.
Civil Buildings:
 * 1) The Muslim Wall
 * 2) The Christian Wall
 * 3) Cisnero´s House
 * 4) Lujanes´ House and Tower
 * 5) Plaza del Alamillo
 * 6) Cava Alta
 * 7) Cava Baja
 * 8) Judería de Lavapies
 * 9) Barrio de la Moreria

Religious Buildings:
 * 1) Church de St. Nicolas de los Servitas
 * 2) Church de St. Miguel de los Octoes
 * 3) Parish of St. Gines
 * 4) Church of St. Pedro el viejo

3-What function did the civil buildings have? 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. Cisnero´s House used as an hotel, a prission for Antonio Perez and it was the secretary of the king Philip II. Lujanes´ House and Tower was the residence of King Francis I, Fernando and Diego de Lujan and of the Conde De Castro Ponce. Inside the building was located the optical telegraph. In the Plaza del Alamillo were constructed a tribunal of justice, a townhall and a building for live. Cava Alta and Cava Baja were trenchs of water that protect the Christian wall. Judería de Lavapies was the neighborhood where the jews lived. Barrio de la Moreria was the neighborhood where the muslims lived.

4-What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?
Church de St. Nicolas de los Servitas was used to pray but during the indepence war was used like a warehouse, heardquarters or arsenal of weapon. Church de St. Miguel de los Octoes was constructed to pray and to praise to God. Parish of St. Gines was used to pray and during th civil war like a heardquarters. Church of St. Pedro el viejo was constructed to pray and to praise to God.

5-Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?
The Muslim Wall was ordered and paid for the constuction by the emir Muhammad I. To protect the muslim city. The Christian Wall was ordered and paid for the constuction by Alfonso VII. To protect the christian city after the reconquest. We didn´t know who order construct the Cisnero´s House. Lujanes´ House and Tower was ordered and paid for the constuction by Alvaro de Lujan to live in Madrid. Plaza del Alamillo was ordered and paid for the constuction by the muslims to met there. We didn´t know who order construct the Cava Alta and the Cava Baja. We didn´t know who order construct the Judería de Lavapies. Barrio de la Moreria was ordered and paid for the constuction by the emir Muhammad I to help the life for the muslims.

6-Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?
We didn´t know who order construct the Church de St. Nicolas de los Servitas. Probably the person that ordered the constructios was a muslim. Church de St. Miguel de los Octoes was ordered and paid for the constuction by th Infante cardinal Luis Antonio de Borbon and Farnesio to pray. We didn´t know who oreder construct the Parish of St. Gines. We didn´t know who oreder construct the Church of St. Pedro el viejo.

7.3.What role did religion play during the Middle Ages? Was it a private and personal matter? Or, was it related to social status?
During the Middle Ages the society was organized into three social groups: The nobles, were a privileged estate so they didn´t have to pay taxes, their duty was to protect th population. They were the Knights and their families. They lived in castles.The most important thing that a noblewoman had to made is get marry and have children.The clergy were also a privileged estate. Their duty was to pray for the spiritual salvation of the population.There are two types of clergy, the secular clergy and the regular clergy. And finally the peasants, were a non-privileged estate so they had to pay taxes. They were the most part of the population and they were the poorest.

I think that the builders want to show a simple structure but very completes because the people that paid th buildings pay a lot of money so they had to made a big structure but simple with a lot of decoration.

I think that the role of the religion during Middle Ages was one of the most important, because the majority of the people were believers so they obeid all that the church said. Also the religion was important because the nobles depended of the religion and the religion depend of the nobles. For example some nobles became kings when the king´s death didn´t have descendants the new king has to be aprovated by the Pope; and the clergy depended when they lost a religious part the nobles made the crusades and they tried to recuperate it.