July 23, 2009
Hotel Cordoba Center
Compared to the first hotel on my trip this is a huge hotel in the city centre. The good thing about large hotels is that there are more customers to pay for the shared services; which again gives a better choice of things to do in the hotel and not at least usually a better breakfast.
I arrived late; again! It had been a long drive from Toulouse. I was happy to find the hotel quite rapid and I was happy the see the nice room I got. The hotel was almost full and they had only smoking rooms left, this is something I in general avoid totally, but I didn't feel like a longer search. Getting in to the room I didn't feel the smell too bad, but it was there.
The room was large, had everything and I was pleased. The bathroom was huge - almost bigger than the room I had yesterday.
I arrived late; again! It had been a long drive from Toulouse. I was happy to find the hotel quite rapid and I was happy the see the nice room I got. The hotel was almost full and they had only smoking rooms left, this is something I in general avoid totally, but I didn't feel like a longer search. Getting in to the room I didn't feel the smell too bad, but it was there.
The room was large, had everything and I was pleased. The bathroom was huge - almost bigger than the room I had yesterday.
The hall
The huge bed
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July 23, 2009
Catedral de Cordoba (Antigua Mezquita)
One of the high-lights of any visit to Cordoba must be Catedral de Cordoba (Antigua Mezquita). Building this astonishing mosque started as early as in 756 and continued over next 300 of years.
Around year 1000 Cordoba was the centre of Europe and being a city of 500.000 people. The city had succeeded Byzantium and Bagdad in science, culture and scholarship, and in this metropol the most important building was the Great Mosque.
Even after the Christians captured the city, Cordoba’s the beauty was so obvious that it took centuries before there were some rebuilding of the mosque to a Christian church. In 1523 they completed the Cathedral Coro sponsored by the King Carlos V and who realized the mistake by telling the chapter upon seeing the completed work "You have built what or others might have built everywhere, but you have destroyed something that was unique to the world"
I must admit that standing in this building made me small. I found the building impressive and one of these buildings I will remember for life like; Haghia Sophia, Alhambra, Parthenon, Acropolis and some more.
The building is awesome and made my history books become real again.
Around year 1000 Cordoba was the centre of Europe and being a city of 500.000 people. The city had succeeded Byzantium and Bagdad in science, culture and scholarship, and in this metropol the most important building was the Great Mosque.
Even after the Christians captured the city, Cordoba’s the beauty was so obvious that it took centuries before there were some rebuilding of the mosque to a Christian church. In 1523 they completed the Cathedral Coro sponsored by the King Carlos V and who realized the mistake by telling the chapter upon seeing the completed work "You have built what or others might have built everywhere, but you have destroyed something that was unique to the world"
I must admit that standing in this building made me small. I found the building impressive and one of these buildings I will remember for life like; Haghia Sophia, Alhambra, Parthenon, Acropolis and some more.
The building is awesome and made my history books become real again.
Inside the fabulous Catedral de …
