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=1.What marks the difference between a civil or a religious building?=

The differences between them were that the religious buildings were to pray and to adore god and the civil buildings were created to the political thing for example to protect the city and look after it.

=2.Make alist of the most important civil buildings and the most important religious buildings we can still see today.=

Civil buildings:


 * 1) Muralla Cristiana
 * 2) Muralla Musulmana
 * 3) Ribat
 * 4) Cava alta
 * 5) Cava baja
 * 6) Calle Cisneros
 * 7) Casa y Torre de los Lujanes
 * 8) Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados
 * 9) Plaza de Alamillo
 * 10) Juderia de Lavapies

religious buildings:

= = =3.What functions did the religious buildings have? what were they used for?=
 * 1) Iglesia de San Miguel de los Otoes
 * 2) Parroquia de San Gines
 * 3) Iglesia de San Nicolas de los Servitas
 * 4) Monasterio de San Martin
 * 5) Parroquia de Santa Cruz
 * 6) Parroquia de San Andres
 * 7) Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo

1.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. Now it is used for the Easter mass.

2.San Martin monastery: It was built to serve as parish or convent. It was destroyed in 1868.

3.San Miguel de los Octoes church: It was built for pray an to conffered God. Now it is used for masses and confessions for other celebrations like weddings or communions.

4.San Gines parish: They used to pay homage to.St.Genesius of Arles. Also was used during the Civil war like militar encampment. Now it is used to catholic Mass.

5.Santa Cruz parish: The parish was built to commemorate the victory of Las Navas de Tolosa. Now it is used to visit and pray to God.

6.San Andres parish: It was built to pay tribute to San Andres.

7.San Pedro el viejo church.

=4. What functions did the civil buildings have? what were they used for?=

1.Ribat: 1  .Ribat: It was built for avoid being atack by the christians. Now it is the Real Palace of Madrid an it is used for visiting it and sometimes the real family stays there for a few days.

2.Muralla musulmana: It was used to protect the muslims agains the christians. Now it is used for children that need to study and tourist to visit it.

3.Muralla Cristiana: It was used to protect the borders of Madrid. Now it is a monument for turism.

4.Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados: It was a hospital fot attend 12 old men.

5.Casa Cisneros: It was a prison, the court of romanones was born there and the general Narvaez and Polavieja resided there. Now it is used like a 5 stars hotel.

6.Casa y Torre de los Lujanes: It was the residence of King Francis I of France, Fernando and Diego of Lujan, the Conde of Castro Ponce. There were located the optical telegraph installations and it became the seat of the Madrid Economic Society of Friends of the Country, the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, and the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Naturals Sciences. Now it is the seat of the Royal Academy of Politic and Moral Scieces.

7.Plaza de Alamillo: It was built because the muslims wanted to locate a court of justice, a city council and a building to live there.

8.Cava alta.

9.Cava baja.

10.Juderia de Lavapies.

=5.Who ordered and pay for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?= 1.Ribat: The emir Muhammad order to build it. To avoid being atack by the christians.

2.Muralla Cristiana: The emir Muhammad I order its construction. To protect the muslim kingdom.

3.Muralla Musulmana: Alfonso VII of Castilla order to buil it. It was built by the christians.

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

5.Casa Cisneros: It was built by Benito Jiménez of Cisneros, and the restorations by Luis Bellido Gonzalez and Felipe Trigo.

6.Casa y Torre de Los Lujanes: The house was told to built by Alvaro de Lujan. To live there.

7.Plaza de Alamillo: The muslims order to build it. It was built by the muslims. For locate a court of justice, a city council and a building to live there.

8.Cava alta.

9.Cava baja.

10.Juderia de Lavapies.

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

1.Iglesia de San Nicolas de los Servitas : Probably it was ordered by some muslim monarch or governor.

2.Monasterio de San Martin : It was told to built by Alfonso VII. It was rebuilt by the command of Gaspar Ordoñez and it was rebuilt by Fernando Arbos.

3.Iglesia de San Miguel de los Octoes : It was order to rebuilt by the Cardinal Infante Luis Antonio de Borbón y Farnesio and it was rebuilt by Santiago Bonavia.

4.Parroquia de San Gines.

5.Parroquia de Santa Cruz: It was order to built by Alfonso VIII.

6. Parroquia San Andres.

7.Iglesia de San Pedro el viejo.

==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?= =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?=

==Give your personal opinion, but support it using the buildings and exampled what you have studied to defend your ideas.==

The middle ages the society was divided in two states the privileged state and the non-privileged state. inside the privileged state was the clergy and the nobles, and in the non-privileged state the workers ( peasants, craftmens, bankers...)

The ones who payd the buildings were the rich people because thy had the necessary money to construct them.

The church or the religious people, were very important becuse all the people in that ages were christians and believed in the church. The church was formed by : abbots, priests, monks, nuns etc.... people paid taxes to trhem so they have a lot of money. . Some examples of churches and monasteries in Madrid were and are: San Nicolas Church, San Pedro el Viejo Church, San Andrés Church, San Martín Monastery, Santa Cruz Parish, etc. In my opinion the church created the buildings to people to went to pray to god. I don´t knoe what were they built for but I think thay build them to people to go to pray and also to give them some importance.