{"id":6096,"date":"2014-03-24T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/rpe\/2014\/03\/24\/cordoba-2014"},"modified":"2014-03-24T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:38:00","slug":"cordoba-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/2014\/03\/24\/cordoba-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Cordoba 2014…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>So – we set off at 3am on 11th March for Spain – and after some exciting coach, plane, coach and walking: we arrived at our Hotel<\/a> in Cordoba by early\u00a0afternoon.\u00a0We went on our usual orientation tour, featuring supermarkets, chemists, museums, fast and slow food outlets and a general bit of wandering around – culminating in Plaza Corredera<\/a> for an early evening drink..<\/p>\n

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Looking back from Calahorra Tower towards the Mezquita<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

That allowed for an early start on the Wednesday at the Torre de la Calahorra <\/a>museum – this is a museum (with audio headphone guides!) that covers the ‘Golden Age’ and talks of Muslim, Christian and Jewish life in the region – it culminates on the roof of the tower – where we have 5 years of pictures (only one in actual rain!)\u00a0<\/div>\n

Also on the Wednesday – we went to the\u00a0Alc\u00e1zar\u00a0de\u00a0los\u00a0Reyes\u00a0Cristianos <\/a>to look at the site used for the Alcazar – and get a sense of its history. Then to the\u00a0Archaeological\u00a0Museum<\/a> – for a glance at Cordoba’s more ancient (mostly Roman) past.<\/div>\n
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Imma with students in the Mezquita \/ Cathedral of Cordoba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We met Imma \u2013 our expert tour guide \u2013 for the tour of the Mezquita \/ Cathedral<\/a> \u2013 which is a highlight of the trip for many. <\/div>\n
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The tour took us from the Mezquita courtyard to the Jewish quarter, to see a ruined synagogue, as we hear about the history of the town and region: we then entered the Mezquita and had a wealth of detail from Imma about the amazing building.<\/div>\n

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Thursday afternoon saw us\u00a0head to the Bath-house of the Caliphs<\/a>, a small underground museum – with some bloody tales…<\/div>\n
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Then we walked to the Museum of Jewish life<\/a> \u2013 \u00a0for our guided visit: The tour guide, Alex, not only gave us a lot of detail – but also finished the visit by singing to us!<\/p>\n
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We then – on Friday – had a day in Seville to see the Royal Alcazar<\/a> there – and the huge, huge Seville Cathedral<\/a>.. – most students even did the massive walk to the top of the tower for the views.. \u00a0Everyone made the late train back – as we returned to Cordoba.<\/p>\n

Saturday was the day of our trip to the\u00a0ruined\u00a0Islamic city of Medina Azahara<\/a> – about 8km from the city – with a really detailled and informative museum at the site. After coaches, shuttle buses, gift shops and sunshine (with lots of learning thrown in) – we returned for an afternoon of gift shopping (Mosque snow-domes anyone?) – before walking back over the roman bridge at 6.30 am on Sunday to begin our journey home…<\/div>\n

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