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A religious building was made for praying and a civil building was made for protecting the city and do things related with politics. It also was used to patrol. __Civil buildings:__ Ribat Muslim Wall Christian Wall Santa catalina de los Donados hospital Casa de Cisneros Cava alta Cava baja Alamillo square
 * 1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?**
 * 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.**

San Nicolás de los servitas Church San martín Monastery San Miguel de los Octoes Church San Ginés parish Santa Cruz parish San Andrés Parish
 * __Religious buildings:__ **

Ribat: The iabt was used as a fortress and a vigilance position and it was used as an Arab monastery for praying and for the holy war. Muslim Wall: It was built for protection of the Alcazar, Emir's house and the Mosque. Christian Wall: It was built to Santa Catalina de los Donados hospital: It was made for atending 12 old men who could not feed themselves. Casa de Cisneros: It was used as an hotel of four stars. It also served as a prision. Cava Alta and Cava Baja: They were streets that both, Muslims ans Christians used to enter and leave the city without using the doors. Alamillo square: It was buil bacause the Muslims wanted to put there the Justice Tribunal, a city hall and a building to live there. **
 * Answer the following questions for each of the buildings that you mention on your list.**
 * 3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?

San Nicolás de los Hervitas Church: It was built as a parish but during the independence war it was used to store weapons, later as a cuartel and as the acting hall of the Royal Band. San Martín Monastery: It served as parish or convent. San Miguel de los Octoes Church: It was built for praying. San Ginés parish: They used it to pay homage to St. Genesius of Arles. It was also used during the civil war as militas encampment. Santa Cruz parish: It was founded as a social organisation. San Andréa Parish: ** They used it to pay homage to the apostle St. Andrés. Ribat: The emir Muhammad I. Muslim Wall: The emir Muhammad I. Christian Wall: Alfonsa VII of Castile. Santa catalina de los Donados hospital: Casa de Cisneros: Cava alta: Cava baja: Alamillo square: **
 * 4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?
 * 5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?

San Nicolás de los servitas Church: We don't know who said to built it but it should be an arab monarch. San martín Monastery:Alfonso VII San Miguel de los Octoes Church: We don't know but after the fire Luis Antonio De Borbón said to rebuild it. San Ginés parish:The first reference is a papal bull of Inocencio VI. Santa Cruz parish: Alfonso VIII San Andrés Parish: **
 * 6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?


 * 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.**

During the Middle Ages society was divided into two types of estate: privileged and non-privileged. The privileged estates did not pay taxes and they could hold political posotions. There were two estates in this group which were the nobles and the clergy. The other type of estate, non-privileged was formed by the workers who could not held political positions and they had to pay taxes.

The people who could built this were rich people and they wanted to show that they had a lot of money and that they could live in that so beautiful places.

Religion was very important in that period because the people believe a lot and the rich people thought that if the other rich people saw that they didn't believe so much they would say bad thigs about them and the poor poeple simply thought tah God was going to hlep them.

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