Granada Day 4

18 January 2011

 

The Mezquita: The Grand Mosque/Cathedral of Cordoba

Tour of the Sephardic Jewish Museum

 

 

 

Mesquita and the Ponte Romano over the Rio Guadalquivir

 

 

 

 

 

Votives on the bridge

 

 

 

 

Mesquita on the right

 

 

 

 

 

The Gate of Forgiveness and the Door of the Palms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minaret and the Courtyard of Oranges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expansion by Al Hakim II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naves of the Mosque

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wooden ceiling of the Al Hakam II expansion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch and wooden ceiling

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mihrab beneath the arches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ceiling above the choir of the Cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arabic dome in bay above the altar (to left) of the first christian church in the mesquita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dome above the Mihrab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mihrab in the Mesquita

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detail of mosaic (to the left side of main mihrab)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dome over the main crossing of the cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main altar of the Cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closer view of the main altar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forest of columns in the naves of Al Mansur

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whirling dervish # 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whirling dervish # 2

 

 

 

Musician at the Sephardic Jewish Museum

 

 

 

 

Carlos (right) translated for the Sephardic Museum Director

 

 

 

 

 Lorca scholar Concha

 

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