花一样的科尔多瓦
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Many friends I met on the journey told me
Cordoba/科尔多瓦 looked like
flowers.
I was excited to witness it on my own eyes with a little
doubt. It was almost at
9 pm
when I arrived at
Cordoba railway station from Granada. The receptionist kindly told
me some helpful
tips when I checked in.
For instance,
Catedral de Cordoba/清真寺大教堂 was free
from 8:30 to
10 am and I could
attend
free walking tour at 10:30 am if I would like to.
I got up
a little early the
following
day
so as to
enter into
Catedral
de
Cordoba
at
br>8:30
am. I
indeed saved
10
euros
for the ticket.
The catedral was first built at the 8th century and
was used
as
catholic church, but transfered into mosque after moors
invaded Cordoba.
Christian regained it hundreds of years later, but they
prefered to redecorate it rather than
destroy it. So
we can see the catedral with the taste of catholicism
mixing
muslim.
The catedral has become the most popular pilgrimage except Mecca
and Jerusalem for muslim in Spain.
Puente Romano/古罗马桥 was built at the 1st century,
but what's the most amazing
is that the bridge has been
used till now.
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It's nice to
walk across the
bridge
and
turn
around
to
take the
photo
with the catadral behind. Anyway, the river
views
along the bridge are also very beautiful.
Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos/科尔多瓦王宫 was built
in the mid century and many
significant affairs happened
here in Spanish history. Napoleon used it
as barracks in
1810 and then changed into one prison in 1821.
I
reached the
designated
meeting point
on time
to participate in free tour of city walking.
One pretty girl was waiting for
us, but our group only had
four people,
one
couple from Canada, one girl from UK
and me because it was a little raining.
The girl told us she was a professional English guide and worked
for a local travel agency. She was very familar with her hometown
and led us around the city for two hours.
The relic was
an ancient temple originally built at the 1st
century, but it was almost destroyed because of earthquake.
The square similar as Mayor square in Madrid used to execute people
in some periods. What's more, many interesting stories happened
around the city.
We went through one community and noticed every family decorated
their balconies with the flowers even though the Spring didn't come
yet, which maybe
the main reason why people called Cordoba
the city of flowers.
The ancient roman bath was redecorated into small stage, where
Flamenco would be performed every night.
In fact, Cordoba is well-known for its courtyards.
Palacio
de Viana/维亚纳宫 has 12 different kinds of courtyards.
It was reported it has been constructing for 5 centuries, so
it is also called the Museum of Courtyards.
The trees in the courtyards were full of lemons and oranges.
Local people recommended me to taste one kind of snack, which was
made eggs and flour. It is so
big that such the big one
needs 29 eggs mixed flour. One small slice costs 2 euros.
Cordoba has been one strategic
city
in terms of
location, so
many
kings
would to
control
the
city and city gate and city wall
were built very strongly.
Cordoba was awarded
to national architecture
prize
because
it
was
designed
creatively.
It was built above the relic.
In addtion, there is
a
lovely
courtyard in the center and the buses
are stopped around it.
