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Across Andalucia: The Albayzin – The Director’s Cut

I find the Great Mosque but cannot enter. There's a fountain in the courtyard and a great view of the Alhambra in the distance. The view must be spectacular at night.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments January 5, 2022December 19, 2021

Across Andalucia: The Alhambra Fortress – The Director’s Cut

"...The lower part of the walls is encrusted with beautiful Moorish tiles… the upper part is faced with fine stucco-work...artfully joined, so as to have the appearance of having been laboriously sculpted by hand…”

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 1 Comment December 29, 2021January 30, 2022

Across Andalucia: Granada’s “Garden of the Architect” – The Director’s Cut

"...we passed through a Moorish archway into the renowned Court of Lions... The alabaster basins still shed their diamond drops, and the twelve lions which support them cast forth their crystal streams as in the days of Boabdil..."

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain Leave a comment December 22, 2021December 19, 2021

Across Andalucia: The Alcazar and Caliph Baths – The Director’s Cut

The Alcazar was built in 1328 as a military fortification, and was later extended to include gardens, transforming into a residence for the Catholic monarchs after the Reconquista.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain Leave a comment December 18, 2021December 19, 2021

Across Andalucia: The Jewish Quarter Part II – The Director’s Cut

The first home I visited in the Jewish Quarter taught me about Golden Threads. The second was all about papermaking.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain Leave a comment August 3, 2021August 1, 2021

Across Andalucia: The Jewish Quarter Part I – The Director’s Cut

The Jewish Quarter in Cordoba is one of the largest and best preserved in Europe.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain Leave a comment July 27, 2021July 21, 2021

Across Andalucia: The Mezquita – The Director’s Cut

The Mezquita was the largest mosque in the Western world, measuring almost 24,000 square meters. It was built in stages between 785 and 987 and would be considered the most important sanctuary of Western Islam.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments July 19, 2021July 22, 2021

Across Andalucia: Cordoba – The Director’s Cut

Cordoba was a scholastic center from the 8th century. Under Muslim rule, it celebrated a golden age of cultural revival and was among the most diverse and religiously tolerant cities of its time.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments July 7, 2021July 20, 2021

Across Andalucia: Buildings of Faith – The Director’s Cut

I will always remember Toledo as the city where churches, synagogues and mosques have such similar architecture that you might not realize which house of faith you are in without a guidebook.

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments June 27, 2021July 22, 2021

Across Andalucia: Toledo Transit – The Director’s Cut

Toledo is rugged, but compact, and in spite of its hills it is a fairly easy walk

August-Phoenix-Mercantile Travels in Spain 2 Comments June 27, 2021July 22, 2021

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