Cordoba notes
Sorry it´s been a while. I´ll try and catch up the next few days.
- Took the 300 mile trip south to Cordoba located in Northern Andalucia; the "plains in Spain"....and yes it did rain.
- Cordoba was founded in 152 BC by, who else, the Romans. And, as is the history for most Andulucian towns and cities, was abandoned by the Romans at the fall of their Empire in and around the 6th century, then conquered by the Visagoths in the 7th, conquered again by Muslim Caliphs in the 8th, and again by Catholic Kings in the 11th.
- Cordoba is known for its 1000 year old reputation as a fabulously tolerant paradise. This rep is typified in what is considered as one of the wonders of the architectural world, the Mosque Mezquita. Truly a rediculously beautiful structure. Here´s another Lord of the Rings reference; it´s interior of what appears as near endless columns and arches inspired the design of the underground Dwarven Halls in the Fellowship.
The structure is 1200 years old, originally had some 1300 columns, some taken from ancient visagothic temples, and some scavenged from even more ancient Cathegian buildings. It is one of the largest Mosques ever built, 23,000 sq. meters!!! Here's a pic of just one of it´s some 30 massive entrances.
- Re. the Spanish Inquisition, well we can´t seem to escape good ole Torquemada. Here at the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos, the Inquisition operated it´s home base from 1490 to 1821.
The screams of horror echoeing within its halls reverberate through the centuries!....just kidding. What we did see were several cute little ferral kittens tumbling around it´s manacured gardens...no ghosts here.
- Cordoba is also known for the medieval town focused around the Mezquita..a maze of pristine cobbled hyper narrow streets with white washed buildings and wrough iron verandas. Just think of Cairo or Demascus and you get the picture.
- Our hotel is bad-ass BTW...just perfect! Had a veranda and a view of the Mezquita´s gates!,
was quiet, private, clean, and cheap as hell.
- And did I mention it rained?
Talk to you in Sevill......
- Took the 300 mile trip south to Cordoba located in Northern Andalucia; the "plains in Spain"....and yes it did rain.
- Cordoba was founded in 152 BC by, who else, the Romans. And, as is the history for most Andulucian towns and cities, was abandoned by the Romans at the fall of their Empire in and around the 6th century, then conquered by the Visagoths in the 7th, conquered again by Muslim Caliphs in the 8th, and again by Catholic Kings in the 11th.
- Cordoba is known for its 1000 year old reputation as a fabulously tolerant paradise. This rep is typified in what is considered as one of the wonders of the architectural world, the Mosque Mezquita. Truly a rediculously beautiful structure. Here´s another Lord of the Rings reference; it´s interior of what appears as near endless columns and arches inspired the design of the underground Dwarven Halls in the Fellowship.
The structure is 1200 years old, originally had some 1300 columns, some taken from ancient visagothic temples, and some scavenged from even more ancient Cathegian buildings. It is one of the largest Mosques ever built, 23,000 sq. meters!!! Here's a pic of just one of it´s some 30 massive entrances.
- Re. the Spanish Inquisition, well we can´t seem to escape good ole Torquemada. Here at the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos, the Inquisition operated it´s home base from 1490 to 1821.
The screams of horror echoeing within its halls reverberate through the centuries!....just kidding. What we did see were several cute little ferral kittens tumbling around it´s manacured gardens...no ghosts here.
- Cordoba is also known for the medieval town focused around the Mezquita..a maze of pristine cobbled hyper narrow streets with white washed buildings and wrough iron verandas. Just think of Cairo or Demascus and you get the picture.
- Our hotel is bad-ass BTW...just perfect! Had a veranda and a view of the Mezquita´s gates!,
was quiet, private, clean, and cheap as hell.
- And did I mention it rained?
Talk to you in Sevill......
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