Cordoba and the Forest of Stone (Lynn Kerstan)

Even the trees love one another.

At one period of time in its long existence, during the 10th and early 11th centuries, the Andalusian city of Cordoba had a larger population than any other city in the world.  Estimates run up to a million residents. It was the center of learning, and a place where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in accord. Inside the Old Town, surrounded by Roman walls, the Cathedral, the Great Mosque, and the Jewish Quarter nestle peacefully together.

 

"It's a jungle in here," sez Lonzo, utterly lost.

 

 

 

Every which way you look, arches provide passage to nowhere.

 

 

 

 

Marble floors like mirrors reflect the light and the arches.

 

 

 

 

Christian chapels like this one ring the walls of the mosque

 

 

 

 

 

The Christian choir centers the mosque. I am not happy that it is there.

 

 

The Roman bridge, built a couple thousand years ago and still doing its job.