Flamenco

A night out in Córdoba

We spent an entertaining evening at the Flamenco. As the theatre was on the opposite side of the old city from our hotel, I sprung for aa taxi back to our hotel. There was only one issue – I couldn’t remember the name. We got there by pointing - turn here, down that street.

There was only one disappointment, I wasn’t allowed to find a pub and watch the hockey game, Canada vs the USA at Salt Lake City.

Córdoba

Wandering Around the Old City

A few photos from either end of our visit to Córdoba. The first few are from our arrival in Córdoba, featuring the area around Roman bridge, the water mill (Albolafia Water mill – Molino de la Albolafia) and the fortress (the Calahorra Tower). When you turn the other way you see the Mezquita in the background.Wandering around the historic centre of Córdoba we came across street where the walls were decorated with flowers, statues of Maimónides a preeminent medieval Spanish, Sephardic Jewish philosopher and of Averros, a philosopher, physician and Islamic jurist scholar

Further along we we visited “The House of Sefarad” in the heart of the Jewish quarter of Cordoba. It is considered of the most surprising urban spaces of all medieval Jewish quarters throughout Europe. The House of Sefarad is a private museum, a place that tries to give the visitor memories of the transcendental in the Jewish-Spanish.

Next to the Town Hall of stands the only Roman temple in Cordoba for which we have archaeological evidence. The sheer size of the building is remarkable: it was dedicated to the cult of the Emperor

A few photos from either end of our visit to Córdoba. The first few are from our arrival in Córdoba, featuring the area around Roman bridge, the water mill (Albolafia Water mill – Molino de la Albolafia) and the fortress (the Calahorra Tower). When you turn the other way you see the Mezquita in the background.

Mezquita

Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba, due to its status as a former Islamic mosque, it is also known as the Mezquita (the Great Mosque of Córdoba).

Tradition says a Visigothic church originally stood on the site of the current Mosque-Cathedral.

The Great Mosque was constructed about 785 CE, when Córdoba was the capital of the Muslim-controlled region of Al-Andalus. It was expanded multiple times

The mosque was converted to a cathedral in 1236 when Córdoba was captured by the Christian forces of Castile during the Reconquista. The structure itself underwent only minor modifications until in the 16th century The minaret, which had been converted to a bell tower, was also significantly remodelled around this time.

Starting in the 19th century, modern restorations have in turn led to the recovery and study of some of the building's Islamic-era elements. Today, the building continues to serve as the city's cathedral and Mass is celebrated therein daily.

The mosque structure is regarded as an important monument in the history of Islamic architecture and is considered by many scholars to have been highly influential on the subsequent "Moorish" architecture of the western Mediterranean regions of the Muslim world. It is also one of Spain's major historic monuments and tourist attractions as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.