The Utopia of Cordoba
If there is a famous story book by its title, Utopia that are Tomas Moro. So popular did the title jumped out of the cover to dictionaries, converted into a noun and an adjective to define universally […]
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The tomb of the Inca Garcilaso
The Inca Garcilaso died in Cordoba, at his home in the Parish of St. Mary the 22 April 1616: ten days after having completed 77 years old. He was buried in the chapel he himself commanded build with […]
The Mosque explained by its conservative
Juan Carlos Ortega comes today in the mosque of Cordoba to find his invisible half. Gabriel Rebollo, conservative architect reviews the history of this building built during 1200 years old. The historical context of Al-Andalus Eduardo Manzano explains it, director […]
The first collection of views of the Mosque of Cordoba in the “Travel” Laborde (1812)
El picturesque and historic trip to Spain (1806-1820) graph is a monumental work which includes in its two volumes (with two parts each) total 272 the blades saved, views and plans resulting from the work of a […]
The silver Mosque in Cordoba
On the net I found this interesting photo today a model of the Cordoba Mosque made of silver. I do not know details about the size and weight, but it is very similar to the wooden model on display at the […]
The Mosque on posters for TWA
David Klein is one of the most influential American illustrators of the twentieth century. Author of innumerable graphics and posters of famous movies such as “Death of a Salesman” the “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof“, Klein develops […]
Pedro Romana Table V&A
Artist: PEDRO ROMAN Title: Dated ANUNCIACION: XV FINAL – PRINCIPLE. Technical XVI: TABLE Dimensions: 1,65X0,60 Sala: XVI CENTURY PAINTING. PLATERESQUE. CORDOBA Location: LONDON, VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM Enlace: http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Monogram Pablo de Céspedes
Monogram, once very popular, is coupled with heraldry, sources that calved existing brands today we look up in t. It is a symbol that is usually built with the initials of a name. Monograms had in […]
The foreground of the city of Córdoba. 1752
The drawing is anonymous and although it has been used in some studies, this is the first time you see the light at an acceptable resolution and accompanied by a comprehensive analysis of the document. While there are drawings […]
Post stamp issue devotes to the Mosque of Cordoba
CORDOBA, 17 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) – Post has released a stamp dedicated Friday at the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, within the stamp series 'World Heritage', that is intended to disseminate the Spanish monuments declared World Heritage […]