[This is a scheduled post. I should be on a plane somewhere between Barcelona and Munich at the time this is posted.] Read my review of Sevilla here.

I got to Córdoba on Tuesday in the early afternoon. After dropping off my luggage at the hostel, I went right to the Mezquita [mosque]. Its construction was started in the year 600, about 1400 years ago, and it was turned into a Roman Catholic cathedral [which it is today] in the 13th century. It is a huge and very impressive building, with its arches seemingly repeating into infinity.

I then took a walk through town, through the Judería [Jewish quarter] as well as another quarter that is famous for its patios, to the Puente Romano an old Roman bridge.

The next day, which was also the day I left, I went to visit the Alcázar and its gardens.

The synagogue which I visited afterwards and which I expected to be a much bigger building than it was [it was essentially just one small room] also shows lots of Moorish elements in its architecture.

Córdoba is a smaller town and the Mezquita is really the main attraction there, which is why I only spent one night in the city and moved on to Málaga on Wednesday.

To be continued … As always, many more pictures on Flickr.

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