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This page have been created by Javier Naranjo =1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?= The differences between a religious building and a civil building is that the religious are used to pray to god and the civil have each one a use.

=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 :

-Muralla Cristiana -Muralla Musulmana -Ribat -Cava alta -Cava baja -Calle Cisneros -Casa y Torre de los Lujanes -Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados -Plaza de Alamillo -Juderia de Lavapies.

Religious:

-Iglesia de San Miguel de los Otoes -Parroquia de San Gines -Iglesia de San Nicolas de los Servitas -Monasterio de San Martin -Parroquia de Santa Cruz -Parroquia de San Andres -Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo.

=3.What functions did the religious buildings have? what were they used for?= -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.

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

-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 religious celebrations like weddings or communions.

-San Gines parish: They used to pay homage to.St.Genesius of Arles.Now it is used to pray.

-Santa Cruz parish: The parish was built to commemorate the victory of Las Navas de Tolosa.Now its use as a church.

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

-San Pedro El Viejo church.

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

-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.

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

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

-Casa Cisneros: It was a prison. Now it is used like a 5 stars hotel.

-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.

-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.

-Cava alta.

-Cava baja.

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

-Muralla Musulmana: The emir Muhammad order its construction. To protect the muslim kingdom.

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

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

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

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

-Plaza de Alamillo: The muslims order to build it.Because it is used for locate a court of justice, a city council and a building to live there.

-Cava alta.

-Cava baja.

-Juderia de Lavapies.

=6.Who ordered and pay for the construction of the religious buildings? Why for?= -Iglesia de San Nicolas de los Servitas : Probably it was ordered by some muslim monarch or governor.

-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.

-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.

-Parroquia de San Gines.

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

-Parroquia San Andres.

-Iglesia de San Pedro el viejo.

=The big question.= 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?

It was organised into privileged estate and non-privileged estate.The privileged estate can held political power and they didnt have to pay taxes. The non-privileged estate have to pay taxes and they cant held political or economic power. In the non-privileged estae are included the workers such as: -Peasants. -Traders. -Bankers. -Craftsmen. I thought that the people that construct it they hope that in the future the people will like the buildings that they have constructed. They were one of the most powerfull society in the middle ages.The Pope is the ruler of the Christianism.The Caliph is the ruler of the Islam. The religion was very important because there were many buildingd to give worship to God. There were many churchs like the San Nicolas de los Servitas Church, the San Miguel de los Octoes Church or the San Pedro el Viejo Church. There were also many parishes and monasterys, like the San Gines parish, the Santa Cruz parish, the San Andres parish and the San Martin monastery. The religion was not a private matter. I think everybody could be religious in the middle age. But obviously the rich people have more rights over the church. And they could pay the priests to do what they wanted.