Spain and Morocco - 2, Seville A

Hi, We went from the Seville train station to our hotel and then had the afternoon at leisure.

This statue was in the lobby of our hotel.

The next morning we took a bus to Cordoba. As the bus was too large to enter the old quarter of the city we parked across the Guadalquivir River and walked across the Roman Bridge.

This is the bell tower of the Mezquita (or Mosque of Cordoba) above with a detail below. Built by the Moors it became a cathedral when the Moors were ejected from Spain.

These interior views of the Mezquita or Mosque of Cordoba show both Moorish and Catholic influences (above and six below).

After we left the Mosque we walked over to the Jewish Quarter. This gentleman was playing the guitar when we got there.

Maimonides was a rabbi, philosopher and scholar who was born and grew up in the Jewish Quarter here.

There is an old synagogue in the Jewish Quarter near where we spotted the wall of flowers in pots.

It was possible to go into the old synagogue (above and below) although there was not much to see.

A museum in the Jewish Quarter, however, was very interesting (above and six below).

During multiple Diasporas Sephardic Jewish (middle eastern Jews) craftsmen developed a silver/gold alloy thread used for decoration, as on the above garment.

Thanks for looking.