AC Cordoba Córdoba
Avenida de la Libertad Córdoba, Andalusia, 14011, Spain and Canary Islands
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Moorish Spain - Seville and Cordoba
... Cathedral de Santa Maria was created in the square building of a mosque, and Its Giralda tower was built on a former minaret. Inside the cathedral there was an immense space, contrasted with the intricate detail of the decorations carved into the stonework, and by the generous applications of gold leaf and paint. At the back of the cathedral lies a tomb reputed to hold the bones of Christopher Columbus, who provisioned his ships in Seville before heading down the river for ...
Islam meets Christianity
... painted with white and red stripes. There are arches around the entire area that were once open but are now closed in. When the Catholic church took over, they didn’t destroy the mosque, but rather converted it into a church. The enclosed arches now enclose beautiful arches. Some of the original Muslim architecture remains in the walls with beautifully intricate carvings of shapes and words.
When you walk to the center, ...
Mezquita de Córdoba y noche en aeropuerto
Bismil-lahi ar-Rahman ar-Rahim
Hoy nos levantamos temprano para ir a la Mezquita (ahora Catedral) de Córdoba. Fue una decisión sabia porque después cayeron grupos escolares y era un quilombo total cuando nos íbamos. Realmente a uno se le pone la piel de gallina al imaginar semejante Mezquita con la alfombra en el piso y con el muecín llamando al rezo desde el minarete, hoy inexistente. Si bien por razones obvias el tipo de arte que más nos gusta es el islámico, por su ...
Primeiro dia em Cordoba
Depois de tantos kilometros e de algumas weisbier, acordamos as 10h... "just in time for" desaiuno, como podem ver na foto. Entao passamos a procurar um lugar pra tomar uma cervejinha. No caminho passamos pelo portal romano do seculo I, por algumas ruas e pela plaza de ...
HOT HOT HOT
... which looked quite OK. We ended up having ourselves some chicken and paella. The paella at this road side restaurant was better than the one served in Salamanca a few days earlier. After lunch we continued onwards.
Around the town of Zafra we parted from the highway and took the N road further down south. There is not much in these parts of Spain. Just small villages, fields of wheat or grain. And here ...



