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Cordoba is in the wonderful southern region of Spain
called Andalucia. Whether it is the Moorish influence of
the architecture or the lovely warm year round weather,
you experience a more relaxed, human pace of life and
genuine compassion of the people that seems to get you in
the mood of another world and another time. It is
definately at the top of my list for romantic adventures.
I liked Cordoba because it was the only place I found in
Spain where a troubador would wander into town at night
with his dog and donkey and sing to his guitar
accompanyment. He would even attempt some English lyrics
of some American hits if you would throw a few pesetas
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Naturally in Cordoba you have the obligatory
Cathedral to anchor things and dominate the skyline. Oh
and this is yet another Roman bridge that still gets its
share of traffic. After seeing all these 2000 year old
bridges in good shape, it sure kind of makes you wonder
why we don't hire a bunch of Romans to construct our
highways. |
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Here is the famous Mezquita that was intended to
surpass all other mosques in grandeur and was the largest
mosque in the Islamic world somewhere back in the 13th
century. On the left is one of the zillion doors into the
place for which they must have lost the keys because they
are all shut except one and there you have to pay to get
in. On the right you can see how it looks viewing it from
the street to see the nice condition it is in and how far
you have to walk to get to the other side. |
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Here are some brighter pictures (from postcards) of
the interior of the Mezquita where no two columns are
purported to be of the same length. And on the right is
the Alcazar de los Reyes (Palace of the Kings). The most
frequented tourist areas in the city is the old jewery
that looks much like it did five hundred years ago when
they all deported jews for herecy. |