The Cordoban Caliphate ruled Southern Spain – the Iberian Peninsula from the city of Cordoba in 929 to 1031. La Mezquita, or the Great Mosque, is one of the most famous remaining icons of this Islamic Empire.
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La Mezquita de Cordoba
Posted in Cordoba, Spain, UNESCO World Heritage on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zaragoza
Posted in Spain, tagged Spain, Zaragoza on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Zaragoza was one of those random weekend trips that I decided to take purely based on a ultra-cheap Ryanair (or was it Easyjet?) flight just for kicks. I didn’t remember too much about it – except for the fact that in ancient history it was part of an Islamic Caliphate after the collapse of the [...]
