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