The definition of sustainable development

Med-O-Med, cultural landscapes of Mediterranean and Middle East, shares the concept of development, as UNDP [...]

09
Oct
The definition of Cultural Landscape

According to the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention of UNESCO, [...]

09
Oct
The andalusi garden

The andalusi garden represents since the first days of Islam in the seventh century, a [...]

09
Oct
Vélez Málaga, La Axarquía
03/10/2010

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The Vertical Garden, from nature to cities

Do plants really need soil? No, they don’t…..The soil is merely nothing more than a [...]

21
Sep
Floral arabic calligraphy

Gardens of Generalife In the photography, a calligraphy by the artist of tunisian origin Abdessatar [...]

21
Sep
Tunisia – “Light fingers” from the oasis
20/09/2010

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The eternal garden

“¡Oh dwellers of al-Andalus, what blessings you enjoy, water, shade, rivers and trees! The Garden [...]

18
Sep
Flowers of the andalusi garden

JASMINE (Jasminum officinale L.) Called yasamin in al-Andalus. Shrub of very aromatic white flowers, specially [...]

18
Sep
Irrigations and agnations

The system of Arabian lineages, which has given so many names to Andalusian and Valencian [...]

17
Sep
Vegetal Patterns in Islamic Art

Vegetal patterns employed alone or in combination with the other major types of ornament—calligraphy, geometric [...]

17
Sep
“Rawdiyat” from Valencia

A new literary genre come into being in Valencia in the 11th century, celebrating the [...]

17
Sep
Utility and Aesthetics in the Gardens of al-Andalus

Over the course of human history, the Mediterranean basin has been an area of cultural [...]

16
Sep
Ornamental Plants in Agricultural and Botanical Treatises from al-Andalus

This study aims at introducing the most outstanding aspects of treatises written by Andalusi agronomists, [...]

16
Sep
MoU between Med-O-Med and the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid

The September 10th of 2010, FUNCI through its program “Med-O-Med: Cultural landscapes of the Mediterranean [...]

15
Sep
Current hydric situation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

For many years now, the Mediterranean has been facing problems leading to a situation of [...]

10
Sep
I Med-O-Med seminar – Papers
01/09/2010

SESSION 1 “THE AL-ANDALUS GARDEN” “The al-Andalus garden: roots in history, looking toward the future” [...]

I Med-O-Med seminar – Photographs

The first Med-O-Med seminar was organized in La Alhambra of Granada in Oct0ber of 2009, [...]

01
Sep
Wise Voices
13/08/2010

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Islamic gardens

Arabic gardens or Islamic gardens? This is the first question that comes to mind regarding [...]

12
Aug
Some background to cultural heritage

The idea of preserving heritage arose after the First World War, and steps have gradually [...]

12
Aug
Syria – Aleppo gardens

Aleppo is the world’s oldest inhabited city or, at least, this is the claim made [...]

10
Aug
Morocco – Rabat dresses green

Rabat is proud of being a green city, a claim backed up by its twenty [...]

09
Aug
Food sovereignty in Med-O-Med

The area which Med-O-Med focuses on, namely the Middle East and the South Mediterranean countries, [...]

08
Aug
Water in islamic culture

For the Islamic world, water is the origin of life, and was created by God. [...]

06
Aug
The botanic gardens in Al-Andalus

Islamic civilisation has always been known for its love of landscapes, agronomy and science. Al [...]

03
Aug
New challenges for botanic gardens

The functions of botanic gardens and of their legitimate precursors have gradually evolved to meet [...]

03
Aug
Botanic Gardens in Med-O-Med

Every civilisation has left its mark on nature, each one according to its own cultural [...]

03
Aug
Qatar Forum on Quranic gardens

From 2 to 4 March 2009, the “First International Forum on Koranic Gardens” was held [...]

02
Aug
Forestry resources

Forests are seen here as a global system comprising various interrelated and interdependent aspects – [...]

02
Aug