Córdoba
A thousand years ago one of the biggest cities on earth, the capital of Moorish Spain — and still built around the Mezquita, a vast forest-of-arches mosque with a whole cathedral dropped into the middle of it. A Roman bridge over the Guadalquivir, the Alcázar's terraced water gardens, flower-hung white lanes in the old Jewish quarter, and patios thrown open in May. Faded grandeur, in the heat.
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Mezquita-Catedral
Córdoba's wonder — a vast hall of red-and-white double arches on hundreds of marble columns, with a full Renaissance cathedral built right in the middle.
Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos
The Christian monarchs' fortress — square towers looking down over terraced gardens of pools, palms and orange trees.
La Judería
The old Jewish quarter — a maze of whitewashed lanes hung with bougainvillea and blue flower pots, a few steps from the Mezquita.
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