Ok faithful readers...after a briefish hiatus due to midterms I am back at the blogging. I left off my tales of travel way back in Paris since then I have ventured to 2 other Spanish cities: Cordoba and Seville. In Cordoba we visited a famous and old mosque. When the Catholics took back the city they actually did not destroy the mosque but built a cathedral up in the middle, so its a rather interesting building. Here's a photo of some of the arches in the mosque.
Also in Cordoba we visited the royal gardens, in my travels here I think I have seen some of the most beautiful and well taken care of gardens. Lots of roses, and hedges, and water incorporated together, a lot of which I believe is due to Muslim influences in the country.
That picture brought me right back to visiting that mosque, it was pretty impressive! Did you enjoy how the Catholic church attempted to turn it into a Catholic church by just putting "stuff" (crosses, shiny statues, paintings) everywhere? I remember thinking "nice try."
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to pictures of Sevilla!