"Great revisit" a Córdoba Travel Page by davidcross

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Roman Bridge

Long gap - revisits and new sites

I did not expect to be writing about Córdoba although it's my favourite Spanish city. I assumed everything worth saying would have been said but, after a long time looking I find there is nothing on two of the sites I visited this time and very little on a third.
My previous visits to Córdoba were in 1989, 1991 and 1994 so it had been a long gap.
I was relieved and delighted that I found the same sense of contentment at being in Córdoba this time.

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Arab mills [part]

The Mezquita

Anyone who goes to Córdoba infrequently and does not go to the mosque is, from my perspective, missing a cylinder. This and Granada's Alhambra are, for me, Spain's top Moorish sights.
I loved this visit quite as much as my earlier ones. Although the cathedral embodies the best craftsmanship of its time, I regard it as an architectural abomination because it destroyed part of the fabulous mosque.
I shall cover the Mezquita in a travelogue.

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Plaza de la Corredera

New to me

The square shown was my only other planned revisit. I had heard that it had been considerably improved - and how true that is. It was almost a cause for tears before, potentially fine but terribly run down.
The places new to me, some of which justify a travelogue, were Medina Azahara [or Medinat Al-Zahra as they seem to prefer now] which I shall put as a mustsee as it's much easier to visit than it was, the Museo Archeológico, the Jardín Botánico and the Patios of the Palacio del Marqués de Viana.