Ancient Cordoba

This Sunday we went for a little drive to Cordoba which takes about 1 hour or so, it has one of the more famous Cathedrals in this part of Spain as it is a converted Mosque, The drive to get there is amongst the Olive groves which are pretty boring, in fact the insane agricultural policies of the EU are evident here as they are destroying the whole natural environment to plant the rotten stinking olives everywhere, it is a monoculture no better than the grain prairies in the USA, at least in the mountains where I live they cannot plant on the mountain tops.

Anyway Cordoba was probably built on the site of the river crossing in Roman times, the bridge still stands to this day and is very impressive. The mosque is huge and the columns inside were mostly stolen from old roman buildings, which is a shame. It just goes to show how big a Roman city this was. The area around the mosque is nice but as in all cities there are ugly apartments all long the route into town. we had a nice meal in a tapas bar which my buddy Zac will really enjoy as you take them with a beer.

we wandered about and saw all the Japanese tourists that you get everywhere in the world, is it the same group eternally wandering around, They were all camp guards during WWII and were sentenced to eternal touristing. Anyway, when the Christians took over the south of spain they converted part of the mosque into a cathedral, a very intersting mix, well worth the visit along with the Alhambra in Grenada.

The Roman Bridge with the Cathemosque in the background




Bridge Gatehouse




The Cathemosque




The Arches inside the mosque part




Christian Belltower




Moorish Arab Doorways