Southern Spree Day 3 (Córdoba)

After our lovely time in Sevilla, we rented a car and drove to Córdoba for the afternoon to visit the famous Mezquita there, before continuing on to Granada.  Mezquita is the Spanish word for Mosque, and it is another example of a building converted from Moorish to Catholic during the Reconquista of Spain.  It is an absolutely amazing building, and is considered one of the most accomplished examples of Islamic architecture, with its most striking feature being the seemingly endless rows of colored double arches.  A Renaissance cathedral nave was built in the middle of the building and the remainder kept the original Moorish architecture, making for a very interesting juxtaposition of architectural styles. We don't have captions for all of the images, but really they just speak for themselves.

On the way to the Mezquita we saw a small procession
(we were there during la semana santa,
the week leading up to Easter).

More cute kids.

The famous double arches of the Mezquita.

Another view of the arches.

An intricately carved part of the ceiling.
There could be an entire blog with just
pictures of ceilings from our trip...

Intricately carved seats in the choir of the nave.

The organ and ceiling in the nave.

The bell tower.

Outside.