Cordoba Mosque and Bridge at night
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Cordoba Mosque and Bridge at night
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Mosque and Roman Bridge at night. Cordoba, Spain.
Night view of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba and the Roman Bridge across the Guadalquivir River as seen from the southern bank.
The Roman bridge was built in the 1st century AD and was the only one in Cordoba until the 20th. The surroundings of the Bridge are part of a small natural reserve. Many species of birds nest here (a total of 120 are known so far), some of them in risk of extinction, a surprising fact if one takes into account its small extension of just over two hectares and its urban nature.
There is nothing I can say about the Great Mosque of Cordoba that has not been already said unaccountable times in the last twelve hundred years. Besides, words don't cut the mustard when describing the unending manifestations of beauty you find within, and without, its walls. All I can do is try to show you through my pictures, shot to preserve detail and be displayed big, where you can see the tesserae in the mosaics.
Built between the 784 and 987 AD, this temple still preserves the exquisite finesse of the best artisans of the time, not only Islamic, but Christian, ancient Roman, Greek and Byzantine too.
When the dark ages choked Europe, it was the Islamic world that kept the fire of civilization lit. They recognized and preserved the ancient Greek and Roman knowledge Christian fanaticism had destroyed in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. All we became later, all we are, flows from this simple fact. We should never forget that.
Other amazing Cordoba and Al-Andalusian images one copy-paste away in my Gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/alhambra+and+alandalus
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http://inspiringthoughtsandimages.com/
Weston Westmoreland.
mosquée de cordoba, mosquée, cordoba, andalousie, al-andalus, arc en fer à cheval, colonnade, mihrab
مسجد قرطبة ، مسجد ، قرطبة ، أندلسية ، الأندلس ، قوس حدوة حصان ، صف أعمدة ، محراب
コルソバのモスク、モスク、コルドバ、アンダルシア、アルアンドロス、馬蹄アーチ、吹き抜け、ミハブ
科爾多瓦清真寺,清真寺,科爾多瓦,安達盧西亞,安達盧西亞,馬蹄拱,柱廊,米哈拉布
мечеть кордоба, мечеть, кордоба, андалусия, аль-андалус, подковообразная арка, колоннада, михраб
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December 26th, 2018
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