Tagged With "Cordoba"

The engineering, carved arches supporting more carved arches, and layered colors of stone to such striking effect, just astounding. I've seen other pictures of it but having a good look now has been seeing it with new eyes. Thanks SO much.

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A round-up of festivals, sports and music events, pilgrimages and more to enliven May visits to Spain.

This week Gumbo was visiting Cordoba, Spain. Particularly it's historic Roman Bridge, featured in the popular TV series, "Game of Thromes".

DrFumblefinger comes across an old Synagogue in Cordoba, one of only three left from this era in Spain.

Hope to walk this bridge next year!!

Every place wants to be the "most important," "most popular," "most famous," "most beautiful." It can't all be true—but there's no doubt in my mind our visit today to the Great Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, also called the Mezquita, took us to one of the "most unusual."