The Huerta de la Alcurnia was a Moorish garden in medieval Islamic Toledo, in Al-Andalus, present day Spain. Its name is derived from the Arabic Munya al-kudya, meaning 'garden on a higher ground.'
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Design
The Huerta de la Alcurnia was on the river bank between the southern city walls and the Tagus River. The garden had a pavilion for Al-Mamun, the king of the Taifa of Toledo. In the 11th century the garden was, possibly, the location of a water clock of the mathemacian al-Zarqālī, which was said to be between the "Bab-al-Dabbagin" also known by its Spanish name as "Puerta de los Curtidores" (English translation: gate of the tanners) and the Tagus.
Etching
A clear image of the garden is to be found on an etching of a view of Toledo from 1585 by Ambrogio Brambilla (f. 1585-99) ed. by Pietro de Nobili (dativus: Nobilibus), available on Bibliotheca Digital Hispánica"