Al Andalus

Madrid, Al Andalus & the Mahgreb A first time journey to Espana concentrating on Andalucia. Then across the water to Tangier and south for a taste of Morocco

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... the way. My dad an I also visited the Baki Qabrs on a tour led by Mufti AK Hoosen.  During our stay in Madina we tried the food from Mariam Nakhuda but preferred Yusuf Randeree and the Pakistani take-aways behind the Al Andalus suites hotel. ...

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... - guess he crossed over me again, woops!   Once we arrived in Seville, we went to our hotel, the beautiful Hotel Siilken Al-Andalus and put our bangarangs down before we hit up the town.  We did a LOT of walking - through the Botanical ...

On Thursday, June 12, we went on a day trip to Cordoba, the first capital of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) - a caliphate was located here from the 8th to the 12th century, at which time the Muslim capital moved to Sevilla, until it fell in 1248 and moved on ...

... and footprint that the remains from the Musulman reign in Spain.  Granada y Alhambra was all that truly remained for the muslims in Al-Andalus.  In a way, Boabdil, who seemed like a coward then, especially to his mother who apparently told him "You're ...

... was under Moorish control from 716 until 1236, and for around the first 300 years it was the undisputed capital of Al Andalus. Its main Moorish attraction is the Mosque Cathedral (Mezquita Catedral), again built into the square structure of an old ...

... the Catholic church forbids Muslims to use it as a place of worship today.  This mosque was one of the greatest in Al-Andalus because the Iberian caliph wanted to show that the Iberian peninsula was just as important, and possibly even better, than ...

... XI esta localidad se convirtió en un importante centro religioso por donde pasaron muy probablemente muchos manuscritos camino de Al-Andalus. Actualmente es lugar de paso de turistas que transitan hacia el Sáhara para disfrutar de las espectaculares y ...

... standstill, until recently. Here, in the Rif Mountains fierce Berber families, from along the North African Coast mingled with the Al-Andalus Moors and Jews fleeing back over the Strait. But a variety of different ethnic groups Arabs, black Gnaoua slaves ...

... 250 years. Alhambra which is a hilltop palace and a fortress was the most magnificent of all the remaining symbols of Al Andalus. Several books, novels were written about Al-Hambra but words cannot describe it fully. My cameras went into overdrive ...

... not to be the Mezquita, but was Madinat al-Zahra which was slightly outside town.  Madinat al-Zahra is the remains of the capital of al-Andalus in the 10th century.  There is a lot of the city still to be uncovered, but it´s still quite an ...

... de alcala, park retiro, inside royal palace http://www.flickr.com/photos/londone7/sets/72157622392100997/       Al-Andalus : Islamic Spain     Zaragoza capital of aragon halfway between barcelona and madrid was first a roman ...

... by in a trice. A lot like S.Australia sans gum trees. Then we got the gum trees! Cordoba is FABULOUS. The first capital of Al Andalus is a small city with a gentle warm feel and ramparts that go back to the Romans.......hot down here - 31 degrees this ...