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| | Spain on Encyclopedia.com |
 | | The five enclaves in Morocco are the only remnants of Spain's former empire. | | | España, officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (1995 est. | | | Pesticide canisters dumped near the sea of greenhouses that covers much of southern Spain. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/S/Spain.asp
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| | Umayyad Spain |
| | Of all the major Muslim Andalusian cities, only Granada held on until it, too, was captured by Christians in 1492. | | | Maimonides has been touted as one of the best examples of the mutual tolerance between Muslims, Jews, and Christians that led to the cultural flowering in Andalus in the medieval period. | | | Maimonides wrote his most famous work, Dalalat al-Ha’ireen ("Guide of the Perplexed") in Arabic, an attempt to reconcile Jewish theology with Muslim Aristotelianism. |
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http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/umayyad_spain.htm
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| | History of Formal Education |
| | Filippo Brunelleschi wrote Rules of Perspective, in 1412, and in the Disputation of Tortosa in Spain, Joseph Albo (1380-1444) defended the Jewish faith in 1413. | | | In 930, Cordoba, Spain became the seat of Arab learning, science, commerce, and industry. | | | The great Arab chemist, Jabir, began his chemical studies, distinct from alchemy. |
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http://www.dyscalculia.org/HUM501.html
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| | TRAVEL TO CORDOBA: SPAIN CULTURAL WALKING TOURS |
| | The district, alive with shops and souvenirs, buzzes with activity, yet a solemn reign of history pervades in the long, lazy shadows of the afternoon sun. | | | Under Moorish rule, Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together peacefully and prospered. | | | While the rest of Europe languished in the Dark Ages, Córdoba flourished. |
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http://www.olespain.com/pages/tours/cordoba.html
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| | Adventures of Moorish Spain: Cordoba. City of The Great Mosque |
| | Interesting is also the Jewish synagogue of 1315, one of only three to survive the Christian takeover of Spain. | | | This served as the headquarters of the catholic kings during the Reconquesta. | | | But when it was made capital by the ruler Abdurrahman 1 in 756 did a great project of building one of the greatest cities of its time begin. |
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http://lexicorient.com/spain/cordoba.htm
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| | SOL CÓRDOBA - SOL Spain On Line |
| | Cordoba is a city embedded with history, legend and art with strong Arabic, Christian and Jewish influences. | | | Cordoba has a leading role in a long and prolific history that is lost to the night. | | | The Jewish quarter, is a peaceful place with narrow streets, small plazas (squares) and beautiful patios full of flowers. |
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http://www.sol.com/en/modulo.asp?IdProvincia=14&IdPagina=1
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| | Cordoba. Spain |
| | Nowhere else in the world do the cultures of Christianity, Islam and Judaism stand side-by-side the way they do in Cordoba, the former capital of Moorish Spain. | | | Andalucia Balearic -Islands Barcelona Bilbao Canary Islands Catelonia Cordoba | | | North of the Mezquita lies the Juderia, Cordoba's old Jewish quarter, an important world center of Jewish culture in the Spanish Middle Ages. |
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http://www.spainguides.com/cordoba.html
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| | Learn Spanish in Cordoba, Spain |
| | As the historic capital of the Moors, and litte changed since, Córdoba is an exotic blend of Roman, Jewish, Moorish and Christian cultures, making it like no other place. | | | This is enhanced by the programme of activities and excursions on offer to all course participants. | | | The courses are also designed to teach students about the history and culture of Spain, using the latest methods and participative techniques and thus enabling them to gain confidence in communicating in every day situations. |
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http://www.cactuslanguage.com/en/languages/spanish/spain/cordoba.php
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| | Engineering & Computer Science @ Union College - Mini-Term in Cordoba, Spain |
| | The Mini-Term in Cordoba investigated why this happened, and what parallels can be drawn with today's world? | | | The time in Spain concentrated on fieldwork at various historic and archeological sites, and intercultural interaction with local college students. | | | Its overall objective was to bring together students in engineering, sciences, social sciences and the humanities in team projects involving the development of a geographical information database and map, in order to visualize and document the historical and cultural sites of Cordoba’s 2000 years of history. |
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http://engineering.union.edu/eta/cordoba-spain.html
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| | Spain Pictures - Exploitz.com: Stock Photos, Maps, Hostels |
| | photos of spain to use in newsletter (cogar) | | | The thrill of a day at the races against the backdrop of the mediterranean sea (jvmills) | | | Sevilla, the capital of Andalusia, is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in Spain and the one which best keeps alive the spirit of its traditions. |
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http://www.exploitz.com/pages/regions/westerneurope/spain
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| | Cordoba Spain and Mazquita |
| | Cordoba was founded by the Romans in 169 BC. | | | The Muslim invaders took the city in 711 AD and it became the capital for the Islamic region in Spain. | | | This Museum is a good place to start your tour of Cordoba. |
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http://www.travelinginspain.com/cordoba.htm
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| | Cordoba, Spain |
| | This audiovisual museum highlights the different three cultures, which were followed in Cordoba in the 10th century AD. | | | This is deemed as one of Spain's finest. | | | Andalucia is also where Spain comes to an end and Africa begins. |
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http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/locations/cordoba/info
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| | Spain - Paradores - Parador de Cordoba |
| | Its greatest prominence came under Arab rule when the court of the Caliphs of the west established their court in the city. | | | Cordoba is an ancient city and was the capital of southern spain under Roman rule. | | | The city was destroyed by the Barbers in the eleventh century but the remains still give an idea of its grandeur. |
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http://paradores-spain.com/spain/pcordoba.html
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| | The PRESHCO Catalog: Program of Hispanic Studies in Córdoba, Spain |
| | Comparative Political Institutions (The United States and Spain). | | | A critical examination of political, cultural, economic, and racial cross-currents between Spain and the Americas during the colonial period. | | | A comparative analysis of the governmental structures of the United States, Spain, and the European Union, paying particular attention to historical, legal, political, and sociological dimensions. |
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http://www.wheatonma.edu/Academic/PRESHCO/catalog.html
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| | Cordoba Mosque Spain - The Mihrab - Full Screen QTVR Photos Virtual Tour from panoramas.dk |
| | The historic Mosque of Cordoba is the first and foremost monument in Western Islam, and one of the most sublime of its type in the world. | | | I shot these panoramas in April 2002 for a project to promote the Sephardic Heritage in the Spanish Cities in the World Wide Web. | | | It includes 16 virtual tours for 16 historic jewish quarters in Spain (over 500 panoramas). |
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http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen44.html
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| | Córdoba (Spain): Information on the city Córdoba |
| | But Cordoba's hour of greatest glory was when it became the capital of the Moorish kingdom of El-Andalus and one of the three Caliphates of Islam, and the building of the Great Mosque, or Mezquita. | | | When the city was reconquered by the Christians in 1236, the new rulers of the city were so awed by its beauty of the Mezquita that they left it standing, building their cathedral in the midst of its rows of arches and columns, and creating the extraordinary church-mosque we see today. | | | As well as the unique mosque-cathedral, Cordoba's treasures include the Alcazar, or Fortress, built by the Christians in 1328 and the Calahorra Fort originally built by the Arabs, which guards the Roman Bridge. |
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http://www.spanishcourses.info/cities/39_cordoba_EN.asp
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| | Cordoba Travel Information by Infocordoba |
| | Cordoba Sightseeing Walk: the Mosque, Jewish Quarter and Alcazar (June 26) | | | Capital of the western world in the 11th century, Cordoba is not only a convenient stop in central Andalusia, but the essence of Spain--Iberian, Roman, Visigoth, Jewish, Islamic and Christian civilizations, captured in its stones, its monuments and its collective consciousness. | | | Photos from the 2005 Cordoba Fair (May 23) |
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http://www.infocordoba.com
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| | Caesar, Pliny the Elder and Seneca the Younger |
| | Even during his five-year-term as governor in Spain, Gaul and Africa, and while he was prefect of the Roman navy at Naples during the last five years of his life, he was not deterred from daily observation, meditation, research, and note-taking. | | | Pliny the younger described his father as a insatiable reader who made use of every book he read and let nothing stand in the way of his studies. | | | Pliny died in A.D. 79, on August 24th, of asphyxiation while viewing at close range the eruption of Vesuvius for humanitarian and academic reasons. |
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| | Andalusia - The Route of the Moors, Granada and Cordoba Spain Granada |
| | This occupation of Spain by the Moslems was to last almost eight centuries. | | | Leave Antequera through gently rolling countryside and olive plantations to the village of Lucena where we spend the night in this town, known in medieval times as the “Pearl of the Three Cultures” (Jewish, Christian and Arab) and famous for its tapas. | | | Granada and Cordoba are cities that need no introduction. |
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http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/12464.html
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| | Moorish Towns in southern Spain |
| | In 756, Abd-ar-Rahman I, a member of the Umayyad family, made Córdoba the capital of Moorish Spain, and for the next 250 years the city was one of the world's great commercial and intellectual centres. | | | In 1236 the city was captured and made part of Roman Catholic Spain by Ferdinand III of Castile. | | | The material well-being of Córdoba declined after the early 11th century as Muslim rule in Spain disintegrated, but it remained a centre of literature and scholarship. |
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http://www.sonhex.dk/moorish.htm
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| | VIRTOURIST.COM: Cordoba tourist information |
| | During the Arab domination (711-1263) Cordoba was the artistic and cultural center of the "Al-Andalus" empire, and was the capital of the western Caliphate. | | | Cordoba is one of the most interesting cities in Andaluisa (South of Spain). | | | If you come with me, I’ll show some of Cordoba’s more interesting sights... |
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http://www.virtourist.com/europe/cordoba
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| | Andalucia- Spain. Hotel accomodation in Cordoba, Spain |
| | The Hotel Boston is situated in the centre of the historical city of Cordoba... | | | The Husa Santo Domingo Hotel is located in the heart of the town Lucena, very well connected with Cordoba and Malaga, which are the Andalusian capitals. | | | The Hostal is located next to the house that the poet Luis de Gongora occupied the last years of his life. |
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http://www.123casa.com/andalucia/hotelscordoba.htm
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| | Cordoba Spain Tourist, Travel and Hotels guide. |
| | Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. | | | Remains of the Roman Temple built by Claudius Marcellus, the Roman Bridge (illustration, right) and other Roman remains can still be seen around the city. | | | The Hotel Gran Capitan is located in the very heart of the city center, an only a few steps away from the historical quarter. |
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http://www.hotelscordoba.com
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| | Study Spanish in Cordoba, Spain |
| | The school is located in the historic center of the city. | | | It was once the largest city of Roman Spain and later became the capital of Islamic Spain. | | | It has been named a World Heritage City. |
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http://www.circaterras.com/LanguageSchools/Cordoba.htm
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| | Cordoba Spain - Cordoba - Spain |
| | You are here: Member pages > lonewolf > reports > Cordoba - Spain | | | If you are in Cordoba in May during the fiestas the owners open their patios, so you can admire them. | | | The most spectacular way to enter Cordoba is crossing the ancient bridge over the Guadalquivir, entering the old city through the Puerta de Almodovar. |
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http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Cordoba-388.html
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| | Spain Hotels, Tours, Accommodation & Travel |
| | Once the centre of a global empire with colonies in Central and South America, and the Phillipines, contemporary Spain has overcome civil war and fascism in the 20th century to stand proud and centered in itself. | | | In Spain there's the king - and then there's Antonio. | | | Spain is a beautiful and diverse Western European country, sharing the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. |
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http://www.magicaljourneys.com/Spain
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| | Cordoba Spain |
| | Located northeast of Seville, Córdoba was not only the capital of Moorish Spain, founded in the 8th Century, it was also an intellectual and cultural center known throughout Europe. | | | All the information on Spain you could want. | | | Coroba Spain, Area Guides to Spain, Culture in Spain, a map of Spain, history of Spain and more!! |
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http://www.spain-info.com/Areaguide/cordoba.htm
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| | Cheap hotels in Cordoba, Spain: Hostel deals |
| | Budget airlines and affordable fares have turned Spain into a beach resort haven for northern Europeans wishing to escape their own damp climates. | | | Hostels deals in Cordoba are subject to availability. | | | For further information on currency conversion click here. |
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http://www.cheapaccommodation.com/Cordoba/Hostel
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| | Spain, Cordoba - Ancient Greek Coinage - WildWinds.com |
| | Spain, Cordoba - Ancient Greek Coinage - WildWinds.com | | | Entry for Spain, Cordoba on the Digital Historia Numorum | | | Click here for the Spain, Cordoba page with thumbnail images. |
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/spain/cordoba/i.html
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| | Cordoba : Introduction Frommers.com |
| | Ten centuries ago, Córdoba was the capital of Muslim Spain. | | | With a population of 900,000 it was Europe's largest city and a worldwide cultural and intellectual center. | | | Home > Destinations > Europe > Spain > Andalusia > Cordoba > Introduction |
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http://www.frommers.com/destinations/cordoba/1153010001.html
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| | CORDOBA by All About Spain |
| | On the other hand Cordoba is as well a very lively town in the best Andalusian tradition, a town of Flamenco and bullfighting, and certainly one of the most attractive destinations in southern Spain. | | | Knowing about Cordoba's cultural background you will certainly find interesting additional aspects when visiting its great monuments - first of all of course the world-famous Mezquita, the Moorish mosque - and museums. | | | As impressive and surprising Cordoba presents itself to today's visitor, as impressive and surprising was its past. |
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http://www.red2000.com/spain/cordoba
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| | Cordoba, Spain |
| | Description: Located in Cordoba’s historic quarter, next to the mosque and near the rail station, the Occidental Gran Capitan features a delightful restaurant serv... | | | Description: This hotel is located minutes from the center of the city and the train station, with fast connections to Madrid and Seville. |
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http://www.americaandbeyondtravel.com/d/2641950_7155.htm
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| | World Heritage Sites in Spain |
| | Spanning the borders of France and Spain, this mountain landscape is centered around the peak of Mount Perdu (3,352m). | | | World Heritage Cities of Spain: Santiago de Compostela | | | The Silk Exchange was built between 1482 and 1533 and was originally used for trading in silk. |
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http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/wh-spain.html
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| | Córdoba Spain - Travel and Tourist Information |
| | Learn 2,000 years of history in 500 words or less. | | | Nine 2-, 3-, and 4-star hotels are listed by Venere: Spain. |
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http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/planner/blp_countries_spain_andalucia_cordoba.htm
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| | ROUTE OF CITIES: CORDOBA |
| | The game of lights and shadows is unique, the permanent bubbling of the water from its multiple fountains, the symphonies of smells and colors of the vegetation with which the city is filled will siege your senses and require your surrender, making Cordoba an unequaled visitation. | | | Principal part of each home, the daily life of the neighbors turns around it, making the "patio" as one of the most valued treasures with its care and decorations. | | | These streets will not stop amazing us as we seep through the soul of the traditional Cordoba: Its patios. |
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http://www.cyberspain.com/ciudades-patrimonio/icordoba.htm
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| | Hotels in Córdoba, Spain |
| | Las Adelfas is located in a beautiful place called "El Brillante", only 5 minutes from the center of Cordoba. | | | The Maimonides is a unique, modern hotel located just in front of the Juderia and next to the Mosque. | | | We highly recommend these hotels based on the mentioned criteria and feedback from previous guests |
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http://bookings.net/city/es/cordoba.en.html
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| | Lodging.com: Hotel Details |
| | Close to the Jewish district and to its monuments as well as to other old districts of the city. | | | In addition, outdoor swimming pool available in summer and car park with additional charge. | | | Jardines De La Victoria, S/n, CORDOBA, Spain 14004 |
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http://www.lodging.com/App/ViewSpecificHotelLP?masterId=22044
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| | Cordoba Spain Travel & Trips iExplore |
| | I would like to receive iExplore's Monthly Travel Specials Newsletter. | | | (Displaying 1-7 of 7 results for Cordoba Spain) |
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http://www.iexplore.com/ksmap/Cordoba+Spain
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| | Traveljournals.net - Creepy Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain |
| | We ask the Spanish guy to take us back to back to the city of Cordoba. | | | The place reminds us not so little of the place in ”From Dusk Till Dawn”. | | | / Travelers / Celind73 / Journals / The Bar Scene / Creepy Cordoba |
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http://www.traveljournals.net/stories/2137.html
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