Abbas ibn Firnas
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Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardās al-Tākurunnī, known as ʿAbbās ibn Firnās was an Andalusi polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, musician, and poet. He was reported
2011 artistic impression by Eulogia Merle [es; gl]
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Ronda
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Ronda is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Abbas ibn Firnas
…known as reading stones. Scholarly consensus indicates that ibn Firnas (full name: Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini) was: born in Ronda, Takurunna province; he lived in Córdoba, and, was an Umayyad mawlā (client) of Berber descent. His lineage may have been linked to the early Muslim…
Aerial view of Ronda, with the Puente Nuevo
Alameda del Tajo Ronda
The Puente Nuevo bridge in Ronda
Sunset from the Puente Nuevo Bridge