Cordoba's Mezquita from across the Guadalquivir

Cordoba was the Washington, D.C. of its 11th-century day.

Then the center of power for Moorish and Jewish Spain, Cordoba would become the great prize in the crowns of Isabel and Ferdinand. Home to the greatest mosque in Andalusia, the oldest standing synagogue in Spain and the fortress for all Spain’s Christian kings, Cordoba has seen it all for centuries and managed to stay vibrant.

From here, Christopher Columbus was given the go-ahead to discover the New World; it seems only fair to go and discover Cordoba for yourselves. [Read more...]