Cordoba, Spain

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When we arrived at our hotel in Cordoba and find it a very luxurious hotel, we stroll the gardens and enjoy the serenity of the sprawling estate, which we suspect is renovated and a converted old family estate right in the centre of suburbia amidst many other multi-million $$$$ luxurious family homes.

We enjoyed our stay in Cordoba, next morning the first thing we do is collect our local guide Enrico for a walking tour through the old city of whitewashed houses and many beautifully decorated balconies to finally finish our stroll then we visit a mosque which was been built over the 8th,9th & 10 centuries.

It has over a thousand columns where over 3,000 Muslims can pray to Allah, it is steeped in history from the start of the 8th century thorugh to the 14 hundreds when the Catholic church forced the Muslims to either convert to Christianity or be deported back to Africa!!!!!

The church proceeded to tear down over 90 columns and built a Catholic Cathedral in the centre of the Mosque, it was simply and breathtakingly beautiful, amazing and sad all at the same time.

We all stood in awe of the building feat, then as we strolled through each century seeing the various changes made by the rulers of the time.

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Photos

Roman Bridge Cordoba
Roman Bridge in Cordoba