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| The Courtyard of the Orange trees of the mosque of cordoba
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| The patio of the mosque of C贸rdoba is configured in the first construction, the one carried out by Abd al-Rahman I and Hixam I. Abd al-Rahman II will be the promoter of the colonnade that surrounds the patio that will be enlarged by Abd al-Rahman III, the same as the minaret. Almanzor will be the one in charge of enlarging the patio toward the east, concluding the decoration of the door of the Pardon. The conversion of the mosque in cathedral during the XVI century will suppose the end of the patio according to the Islamic tipolog铆a and the creation of this patio like withdrawal place before consenting to the temple. The current cloisters are product of the remodeling that was carried out in the first decades of the XVI century, for the bishop's command Martin Fern谩ndez of Angle, eligiendo to Hern谩n Ruiz I like architect in charge of the project. In the XIII century palms had been planted and in Xv data of the presence of orange trees exist, being added olive trees and cypresses in the XVIII one. |
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| Cordova, the Door of Almodovar
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| Almod贸var's Door opens up hospital, inviting to enter in the Ghetto that is as a white and calm town. It is from among about the surviving only example the medieval big doors opened up in the walls that surrounded the city. It consists of two prismatic turrets united by a lightly pointed arch that develops a vault. The arch was blinded in the XIX century by a wall in which a flat door opened up. The monument is built by seat with having added of brick and sillarejo. |
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| Medieval wall of Cordova
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| One of the corners but beautiful of Cordoba:paralela to the medieval battlemented wall, the street reflects Cairu谩n, livened up by ponds and protected by a defensive moat by which lowers the stream of the Moor. It is a continuation of Almod贸var's door |
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| Interior of the Jewish synagog in Cordova
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| After the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, the building was devoted to diverse functions: hospital of hydrophobic of Santa Quiteria, Hermitage of San Crisp铆n of the union of the shoemakers and school of kindergartens until National Monument was declared in 1885. From then on it went by several restoration phases like that of F茅lix Hern谩ndez in 1929 and the initiate ones in 1977 until arriving to the reopening of the building in 1985 with reason of the celebration of the 850 anniversary from birth of Maim贸nides. |
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| Synagog of Cordova
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| Synagogue of C贸rdoba is a Hebrew temple located in the Jewish street of the Spanish city of C贸rdoba. It was built in the year 1315 (5075 of the Jewish calendar) in Mudejar style for alarifes directed by Isaq Moheb. It consists from a patio to which you consents from the street and that he/she opens the way to a lobby followed by the sentence room. Of the oriental side of the lobby the stairway that takes until the gallery for the women starts up; this gallery is connected with the room of sentence mediating three balconies decorated with arquillos polilobulados. The sentence room is of almost square plant with 6,95x6,37 m; he/she has covered with having coffered and it reaches a height of more than 6 meters; in its oriental side the tabernacle, reserved space for Tor谩 opens up and crowned with arch of big lobes, framed in an alfiz; surroundings prepare ornamentation decoration. The opposed side to the tabernacle presents a small niche with arch polilobulado and pointed, where the altarpiece of Santa Quiteria was.The decoration in plaster, with Mudejar reasons, he/she has gotten lost until about two meters high, leaving the brick of their factory visible. |
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