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SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: CITY OF CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE

Santiago de Compostela is one of the most famous cities in Spain and in the world due to its religious nature and the fact that it is a Christian pilgrimage center that dates back to Medieval times. It is located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in the autonomous community of Galicia. The cityContinue reading “SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: CITY OF CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE”

CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA PART I: MOSQUE-CATHEDRAL

Along the banks of the Guadalquivir River, which means “the Great River” in Arabic, stands a beautiful city, Córdoba, which during medieval times under the rule of the Umayyads became one of the cultural, artistic, political and most important economies cities in the world, being surpassed only by the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople.Continue reading “CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA PART I: MOSQUE-CATHEDRAL”