Parador de Manzanares
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Cordoba Spain
AJ and I arrived mid day in to Cordoba, we really hated to leave Seville, we checked into our hotel took showers and decided to walk around ( it's light out until 10pm) it was Sunday and the streets seem to be deserted. So we walked around for hours and took some pictures of ...
No kebabs to be had
... Sadly, it fell into disrepair less than 100 years later. Poor little guy. You can easily spend a half day getting out here, in the museum & at the site. I was only mildly interested in this before going but would highly recommend anyone visiting Córdoba go.
I have always liked Córdoba and thought it underrated by travellers and resources; we decided that we had spent enough time jetting from place to place so are staying here for a good few days before moving on.
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Mezquitas, Cathedrals, and Synagogues oh my!
... King and Queen). This was one of Ferdinand and Isabellas palaces, and it was this particular one that Christopher Colombus first asked the king to support his trip across the ocean. The palace was cool, the view from the tower was awesome, but the gardens were spectacular.
After the Alcazar we went to the main attraction of Cordoba- the Mezquita. (Mezquita is mosque in Spanish.) It's not really a mezquita anymore... a short history lesson ...
Cordoba (day trip)
... latter. (The Roman remnants have mostly disappeared or are else beneath the ground awaiting discovery later.) The Spanish Moors began building the Mezquita in the 8th century upon a sixth century Visigoth church, which the Moorish leader had purchased from Cordoba's Christian community. The Mezquita was the Moors' central place of worship until Cordoba was overrun by the Spanish Christians nearly half a millennia later, in 1236. The city's Muslims ...
Madinat Alzahara
... a sucesstion crisis caused a conflict where north african berbers ransacked and destroyed the place.. since then blocks were stolen and used for construction material.. with the retaining wall gone landslides would cause the city to become buried over time.. now it has been excavated and partially restored.. the throne room has been closed for two years due to renovations.. cordoba has been declared the capital of culture in 2016 so ...