On the way from Seville to Cordoba, we paid a visit to Carmona, a town built on a small hill overlooking a valley.
The Moors erected impregnable walls around it
and built palaces within…
The courtyard of Alcazar del Rey Don Pedro (the fortress castle of King Don Pedro) and now the site of a luxury four star hotel
Puerto de Cordoba – the road to Cordoba
Cordoba is a city with many faces – Roman, Muslim, Jewish and Christian.
La Puerta del Puente (Gate of the Bridge)
El Puente Romano (Roman Bridge)
The fortress-like external walls of the Mezquita – Cordoba’s enormous mosque-turned-cathedral and most famous landmark
The bell tower surrounding the minaret
The Patio de los Naranjos (Court of the Oranges)
Opposite the entrance and facing Mecca was the Mihrab
The famous arches of the Mezquita – supported by 856 columns of jasper, onyx, marble and granite
The renaissance/baroque style Catholic chapel in the centre of the building with a Statue of St James the Moor Slayer
Hebrew inscriptions on the walls of the tiny synagogue in Cordoba’s Jewish quarter – the only tangible reminder of of the Jewish presence in Cordoba
The Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos – the fortress residence of Ferdinand and Isabella (the Christian Kings)
The lavish gardens of the Alcazar
The City Wall
The former university building next to our hotel
Wine and jamon behind the bar at the Moriles Pata Negra restaurant
Plaza de las Tendillas
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