Los Abetos del Maestre Escuela
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Is het een moskee? Is het een kerk?
... inmiddels een enorme fan van de Moorse architectuur hier in Al-Andalus. Laat op de avond zijn we tapas gaan eten, wij kunnen ons wel vinden in de Spaanse etenstijden en gebruiken! En vannacht kunnen we, na 2 weken op matjes slapen, weer eens heerlijk in een bed slapen, in een kamer voorzien van airco, wat voelt dat luxe na 14 nachten kamperen en 'tent opbouwen-tent afbreken'. Morgen gaan we er alweer vandoor, op naar Toledo! Xx Yvette en ...
Checkpoint Cordoba
... nearby. I was much more excited about this than my parents, since I haven't had subway (or my favorite jalepenos) in ages.
After lunch, we went and bought some tickets to go see the ruins of Medina Azahara, which was the capital of Al-Analuz (Moorish Spain) in the 10th century. It was a separate town built specifically for the royalty of the time. It consisted of housing, a mosque, a castle, several administrative ...
Wonders of Cordoba
... my camera to take to the luz & sonida show.
We bought our tickets at 8:30 and got back from our room with my camera by 9 pm. The show started with a projection on the wall of the fort with pictures depicting the history of Cordoba. After that we walked out into the garden....with music....and watched the fountains as they spouted water with various colors of lights. They changed the height and direction of the water ...
The Frying Pan of Spain
We have been told that Cordoba is The Frying Pan of Spain and we expect it to be hotter there than anywhere else. Given that we have just spent the last week in Granada with temperatures in the 40's and Seville with the late 30’s we were a bit concerned. But there was a break in the weather and the 2 days we spent in Cordoba were quite mild.. only mid 30’s, which was a nice change from the 48 + we were ...
Córdoba
... The construction of the mosque began around 600 A.D. and was completed to its current dimesions in 987. Then in 1236 when Córdoba was taken from the moors by the Catholic Kings, they converted it into a Catholic Church. The minaret was turned into a bell tower and a huge Renissance style cathedral nave was constructed right in the middle of the mosque.
Well... Let me just say that it was fascinating. I love the Islamic architecture style and the intricacy of their art and ...