SPAIN: Multi-Layered Cordoba

I have become a bit of a History Geek, and the layers of history in Andalusia fascinate me. 

Let's start in 785 AD, when the construction of Cordoba's original mosque began, on top of the site of a former Visigoth church.

During the 10th century, Cordoba was the capital of Al-Andalus and an Islamic powerhouse city.

At the time, Cordoba was one of the largest and most sophisticated cities in Europe —renowned for learning, medicine, philosophy and architecture.