Hotel Maimonides Cordoba

Day 12 – 02/01/09 SEVILLE-CORDOBA We left Seville at noon to reach Cordoba at around 4 pm. The Hotel Eurostars Maimonides was face to face with The Mezquita. We decided to see that the next morning, as it would be free for entry before 10 am. We did ...

... is known for.  They also had an actor recreate two figures from local history.  While the actor spoke to us as "Maimonides," we had a little bit of excitment.  Police surrounded a nearby hotel.  It seems a Moroccan diplomat had come to ...

... , which is why it's "in the style of"! I'll have dinner there tomorrow night. The rock star of Cordoba is, of course, the RamBam, Maimonides. Revered by both Jewish and Muslim scholars, then and now, he was born in Cordoba in 1135 before fleeing to North ...

... been in the synagogue and just not realized it because of its small size. After the synagogue, we went to the statute of Maimonides to take a few pictures and then back over to the Sephardic House. I really wanted to buy mommom and papa a present here ...

... with geometric Muslin-looking walls 156 Where the ark used to be which now has a cross painted on the wall 157 Statue of Maimonides, who was born up the street 158 Julie listening to the audio tour at the Alcazaba in Sevilla 159 Garden in the ...

... history and was home to many Arabic and Jewish philosophers and religious writers, the most famous being Averroes (Arab) and Maimonides (Jewish), and they each have sculptures and plazas named in their honour. One of the most interesting places I ...