Córdoba, Spain: Magnificent Mezquita - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

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  • čas přidán 16. 01. 2012
  • More info about travel to Andalucía: www.ricksteves.com/europe/spai... Tucked into a bend of its river, Córdoba is rich in Roman, Moorish and Christian history. The heart of the city is dominated by the glorious Mezquita, a mosque/cathedral complex that epitomizes a turbulent past. #ricksteveseurope #spain #córdoba
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Komentáře • 226

  • @TravelWorld1
    @TravelWorld1 Před 12 lety +46

    I was in Córdoba 6 months ago. It's Moorish influence is amazing.

    • @user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m
      @user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m Před 3 měsíci

      Ancient Persian and Byzantine influence.

    • @jojolafrite9265
      @jojolafrite9265 Před 2 měsíci

      Influence mauresque ??vous avez fait appel a la prière !!! 🤡🤣🤣🤣

  • @lolah3838
    @lolah3838 Před 2 lety +9

    I was there in 2015. it's one of the most amazing structures I've ever seen.

  • @adukaputra3223
    @adukaputra3223 Před 9 lety +55

    1 culture..3 religion..1 language..magnificent..ultimate fusion par excellence

    • @user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m
      @user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yes, just like in London, Malmo, Brussels, Neu Koln, Kreuzberg, Marseilles, The _Banlieue_ . . .

  • @Sun-gs6hq
    @Sun-gs6hq Před rokem +14

    Such a beautiful cathedral!

    • @nkargar0719
      @nkargar0719 Před rokem +4

      Mosque*

    • @shantob8718
      @shantob8718 Před rokem +2

      Every square inch of Jerusalem under the Israel control but 2 billion cockroaches cannot fight 1 million Israelis😂😂😂😂

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@nkargar0719 Youre coping hard. Its a cathedral

    • @nkargar0719
      @nkargar0719 Před 10 měsíci

      @@theresecoco1887 mosque

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@nkargar0719Can you pray there? 😂😂😂

  • @woltersworld
    @woltersworld Před 12 lety +20

    Nice video Steve and Company. Love Cordoba, thanks for giving it a nice write up.

    • @aziz00181
      @aziz00181 Před 3 lety

      Hh I khnew from videos about Morocco. Are you German ??

  • @SIMBAofSIMBA
    @SIMBAofSIMBA Před 5 lety +9

    this is one of the videos made me visit the golden triangle.just came back from granada cordoba seville

    • @alisahi98
      @alisahi98 Před 4 lety

      Assad Majid! How was your visit of Golden Triangle? I’m planning a visit of Cordoba and Granada myself.. Any special tips? & what’s special about Seville?

  • @BobMcCob
    @BobMcCob Před 12 lety +5

    Good cinematography coupled with a clear and informative voice over really transport you to Cordoba. Thanks.

  • @huecotrapo
    @huecotrapo Před 10 lety +5

    wonderful film, thanks and congratulations from Córdoba (ESP).

  • @Komnenit
    @Komnenit Před 4 lety +11

    España, tú eres el ornamento más hermoso del mundo; la parte más ilustre de la tierra.

    • @ihsanamsal2947
      @ihsanamsal2947 Před 3 lety +1

      yes it is a beautiful place for anvuculate marriage

    • @shantob8718
      @shantob8718 Před rokem

      Every square inch of Jerusalem under the Israel control but 2 billion cockroaches cannot fight 1 million Israelis😂😂😂😂

  • @inhcsnvs6164
    @inhcsnvs6164 Před 7 lety +12

    Hey rick steves 😊 I've been in Córdoba on April 2015 and I went inside the mosque-cathedral of Córdoba and it's very majestic. It is also one of the most beautiful cathedral that I've ever seen

    • @aymankhan2670
      @aymankhan2670 Před 6 lety +6

      It is a mezquita

    • @irasilangit4670
      @irasilangit4670 Před 5 lety +8

      @@aymankhan2670 its a cathedral now

    • @EM-tx3ly
      @EM-tx3ly Před 3 lety +5

      Well the mosque gave it the most striking features otherwise not worth the visit

    • @nkargar0719
      @nkargar0719 Před rokem +1

      @@irasilangit4670 still a mosque and God willing it will one day be a Mosque again. The verses of Quran are still inside.

    • @romelllislammm6904
      @romelllislammm6904 Před rokem +1

      ​@@nkargar0719 perfectly spoken. 👑

  • @TheTravelVlogger
    @TheTravelVlogger Před 6 lety +5

    Awesome!

  • @hamzatahir629
    @hamzatahir629 Před 9 lety +87

    While visiting both Cordoba and Granada on a trip a while back, I couldn't help but cry. Such tolerance, beauty, progressiveness, and spiritualism that was unseen in that time period, all gone. Lost in time, forgotten, destroyed... Al-Andalus, you will always be remembered!!!!

    • @hamzatahir629
      @hamzatahir629 Před 8 lety +8

      ***** then plz explain why Jews and gypsies virtualy disappeared with the receeding Moors? It's really how the jizya is seen as this horrible thing when nextdoor in Europe, jews lived in extreme persectutions and muslims almost non-existant. and ya, like christian Europeans havent twisted history, bich plz. I get it, we live in a western dominated society, of course they dont teach this in school! Well guess what, who actually went to Cordoba and Granada, not u but ME. WHo payed for a $200 historical tour of the city from an accurate, christian Spanish hostorian, ME.

    • @hamzatahir629
      @hamzatahir629 Před 8 lety +11

      ***** whatever, go vote for Trump and enjoy your life in ignorance. And what qualifies U in accusing Islamic civilzation as raping, pillaging,etc. etc. I see 0 difference between western and islamic history in terms of the means they took to expand and gain power. I dont go to videos about the western empires and start ranting about the genocides they did on natives, slave trade etc. Or the inqquisition of millions of Muslims, Jews, and gypsies from Spain. I have the decency to respect other peoples civilizations with respect and equality.

    • @hamzatahir629
      @hamzatahir629 Před 8 lety +6

      ***** u cant use Isil and Saudi to represent a faith of 1.7 billion plus, only 15% percent of which reside in the arab world! I agree that soceity is different now, not in a good way, but the Moors are a very very veryyyy different than the state of modern Islam, the hainess acts of few shouldnt be the view we have for prosperous, civilized, and tolerant societies of the past.

    • @angrybirdo
      @angrybirdo Před 4 lety +1

      Much like the most progressive, cultured and spiritual capital of the world during that time is now gone. Constantinople is long lost in time, forgotten, destroyed

    • @jmcr1963
      @jmcr1963 Před 4 lety +8

      Spain belongs to Spanish people. Don’t take pride at things that don’t belong to you not your ancestors’

  • @Yasin_Affandi
    @Yasin_Affandi Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for this wonderful video.

  • @barralpha
    @barralpha Před 4 lety +12

    Today I read in Spanish news about the discovery of a 1100 year old mosque in Antequera, near Malaga. While most of mosques in Spain were either demolished or transformed into churches, this one has survived nearly intact because a manor house was built on top of the original structure. Despite being in a rural area the building is 1/4 the size of Cordoba’s Great Mosque, which is quite remarkable A foundation, FACNA, has been established to mobilize resources for its restoration. I hope they can manage.

    • @sultanabdulhaqiii1633
      @sultanabdulhaqiii1633 Před 4 lety +2

      Never heard about it. Do you have the name? I find this interesting.

    • @jojolafrite9265
      @jojolafrite9265 Před 2 měsíci

      Cet un pur mensonge à Antequera il n'y a pas de mosquée de l'époque de l'ocupation des voleurs musulmans venus d'Afrique 🤡🤣🤣

  • @atasyuda4462
    @atasyuda4462 Před 4 lety +2

    thank you Mr Rick

  • @trumanharper4824
    @trumanharper4824 Před 5 lety

    awesome video!

  • @marioriospinot
    @marioriospinot Před 10 lety +4

    Nice.

  • @Hesenowff
    @Hesenowff Před 3 měsíci

    Spain is so beautiful ❤

  • @nemesis3154
    @nemesis3154 Před 4 lety +31

    Oh Córdoba, oh glorious of Al-Andalus

    • @danielandres1579
      @danielandres1579 Před 3 lety +12

      España 🇪🇸 the graveyard of mahometan 😂

    • @ab_12_8
      @ab_12_8 Před 3 lety +8

      @@danielandres1579 the hagia sophia is now a mosque

    • @melindasiskaningrat3796
      @melindasiskaningrat3796 Před 3 lety +6

      @@ab_12_8 who care hagia sohpia. jerusalem is more important. can't wait convert Al-Aqsa to Temple Moun original salomon again

    • @KazakhBoy
      @KazakhBoy Před 2 lety

      @@ab_12_8 This building is important only for the Orthodox.

    • @dulmadoobedulmidiid4655
      @dulmadoobedulmidiid4655 Před rokem +1

      @@melindasiskaningrat3796 al aqsa is a mosque and will be forever

  • @codyc2500
    @codyc2500 Před 3 lety +7

    Y’all in the comments are so angry...I loved looking at both the mosque and the church. You need to stop believing one was better than the other, both were equally important and impressive

    • @User-cx1rn
      @User-cx1rn Před 3 lety

      It's not a church and it will never be. It's a mosque!!!

    • @User-cx1rn
      @User-cx1rn Před 3 lety

      @heens x yes we don't change historical monuments

    • @farismustafa5389
      @farismustafa5389 Před 2 lety

      @heens x yes

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 2 lety +3

      @@User-cx1rn
      Only in your dreams.

    • @shantob8718
      @shantob8718 Před rokem

      Every square inch of Jerusalem under the Israel control but 2 billion cockroaches cannot fight 1 million Israelis😂😂😂😂

  • @azmat005
    @azmat005 Před 12 lety +3

    Nice

  • @1.2mviews2
    @1.2mviews2 Před 2 lety +2

    My habibiz ♥️

  • @MineITINERARY
    @MineITINERARY Před 4 lety +20

    Beautiful Church... Would love to visit one day

    • @watheqjawarneh2919
      @watheqjawarneh2919 Před 3 lety +16

      Mosque not church

    • @MineITINERARY
      @MineITINERARY Před 3 lety +13

      @@watheqjawarneh2919 it's a church.. Occupied ans converted to Mosque.. Its still a church

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 2 lety +3

      @@watheqjawarneh2919
      Only in your dreams buddy.

    • @KevinLopez-pu7ll
      @KevinLopez-pu7ll Před rokem +3

      @@watheqjawarneh2919 it has a huge cross of Jesus and Saint James MOOR SLAYER statue. Clearly it’s cathedral. 😂

    • @uhidk18
      @uhidk18 Před rokem

      ​​@@MineITINERARYraying in hagia Sophia, it's a wonderful mosque

  • @Hakawatiya1
    @Hakawatiya1 Před 2 lety +5

    Al andalus my heart💘💎

    • @jojolafrite9265
      @jojolafrite9265 Před rokem +1

      Al Andalous DEAD 1492

    • @shantob8718
      @shantob8718 Před rokem

      Every square inch of Jerusalem under the Israel control but 2 billion cockroaches cannot fight 1 million Israelis😂😂😂😂

    • @jojolafrite9265
      @jojolafrite9265 Před měsícem

      Non Al Andalous est mort depuis 1236 année de sa destruction et il ne reste que Grenade jusqu'à 1492
      525 années d'existence de Al Andalous pas 700 ou 800 annes ☪️💩🚽
      🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸✝️✝️✝️🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

  • @alijaffer2879
    @alijaffer2879 Před rokem +2

    We will take it one day inshaAllah

    • @Qazaqpyn_
      @Qazaqpyn_ Před rokem

      Orthodox people say the same about the Hagia Sophia.

    • @user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m
      @user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m Před 3 měsíci

      Aha! See you _LOVE_ Spain - but *HATE* Algeria...Bangladesh...Egypt...Gambia...Indonesia...Iran ...Mali... Morocco...Pakistan... Saudi Arabia...Somalia...Sudan...Syria...Turkey...Yemen . . .

    • @tcbbctagain572
      @tcbbctagain572 Před měsícem

      You can't even beat Israel 😂

  • @pizzaparteners
    @pizzaparteners Před 12 lety +4

    i watched this in spanish class

  • @theodoreparris8260
    @theodoreparris8260 Před 6 lety +4

    Santiago Matamoros intercede for us.

  • @mirallnadal
    @mirallnadal Před 11 lety +11

    Antes de la mezquita había una basílica cristiana construida por los visigodos

  • @XDeathHackX
    @XDeathHackX Před 5 lety +9

    Going to visit this Cathedral soon

    • @user-zu9ob4lc6j
      @user-zu9ob4lc6j Před 5 lety +7

      We will get back our mosque one day it will alwayas be a mosque always

    • @XDeathHackX
      @XDeathHackX Před 5 lety +17

      @@user-zu9ob4lc6j dream more and cry in ur impossible dream.

    • @user-zu9ob4lc6j
      @user-zu9ob4lc6j Před 5 lety +2

      @@XDeathHackX just wait the time will show you

    • @theimmortalemperor3605
      @theimmortalemperor3605 Před 5 lety +5

      @@user-zu9ob4lc6j gives us the hagia Sophia back

    • @user-zu9ob4lc6j
      @user-zu9ob4lc6j Před 5 lety +2

      @@theimmortalemperor3605 give us Alhambra and great mosque of cordoba back

  • @everettelocklear6383
    @everettelocklear6383 Před 4 lety

    I want to go to Italy sometime

  • @Therealroyalfx
    @Therealroyalfx Před 4 lety +8

    So Hagia Sofia should be Converted to Mosque.

    • @presley72149
      @presley72149 Před 4 lety +1

      It's a mosque now so stop complaining about this Cordoba church

    • @mochammadiqbalfadillah8170
      @mochammadiqbalfadillah8170 Před 4 lety

      Yep, its happen.

    • @presley72149
      @presley72149 Před 4 lety

      @Carl Max then they are hypocrites if they are complaining about Hagia Sophia and keep quiet about Cordoba Masjid

    • @ekosusanto5
      @ekosusanto5 Před 4 lety

      @@presley72149 I think that is different story, the mosque was built on top of a cathedral ruin. On the other hand Hagia Sophia was never built on top of a mosque.

    • @presley72149
      @presley72149 Před 4 lety

      @@ekosusanto5 yes exactly the Cordoba mosque was a visgothic church before so yes it's was turned backed to a church but that's not the case about Hagia Sophia

  • @ethni4386
    @ethni4386 Před 5 lety +20

    لله دركم يابني أمية

    • @ethni4386
      @ethni4386 Před 4 lety +1

      Kj_mast_er
      انت شيعي؟ طبيعي اذا تكره بني امية

    • @Abdullah.Q8.
      @Abdullah.Q8. Před 4 lety +2

      Kj_mast_er مهما يكون لن تكون خلافه حتى بعد الخلفاء الراشدين كما جاء بالحديث لرسول الله تكون الخلافه فيكم ثلاثون عام ثم ملك يعني حكمو بني اميه او لم يحكمو ستتحول لملكية

    • @user-mn5ci2oj3t
      @user-mn5ci2oj3t Před 4 lety +3

      @Kj_mast_er كل خرا اسيادك بني امية وهم الي شكلوا العالم العربي لليوم

    • @ismailb4334
      @ismailb4334 Před 4 lety +1

      @@user-mn5ci2oj3t تعلم الإحترام في النقاش

    • @jandansdef721
      @jandansdef721 Před 3 lety

      @Kj_mast_er شو مدخلك لهون اذا مابتحب بني اميه..عم تهدوس فيهن

  • @fusionbolt18
    @fusionbolt18 Před 2 lety

    Shoutouts to SimpleFlips

  • @libanwarsame5428
    @libanwarsame5428 Před 5 lety +47

    Cordoba will always live under the shadow of its past Islamic glory.

    • @irasilangit4670
      @irasilangit4670 Před 5 lety +4

      Past is still past good past n welcome future

    • @josegomezgomez3738
      @josegomezgomez3738 Před 5 lety

      I think you are not very focused

    • @mochammadiqbalfadillah8170
      @mochammadiqbalfadillah8170 Před 4 lety +1

      @@irasilangit4670 Yep & thats happen to hagia sophia mosque tho, past is still past. The church now is mosque.

    • @ekosusanto5
      @ekosusanto5 Před 4 lety

      Which glory? I did not see it now. Most probably that is only a fable.

    • @Jacksparrow-zf9tn
      @Jacksparrow-zf9tn Před 4 lety +1

      @@mochammadiqbalfadillah8170 welcome to babri masjid on August 5th 🙏

  • @dr.muhannadalnaser2082
    @dr.muhannadalnaser2082 Před 2 lety +2

    No doubt Andalusia was under the Golden Islamic stage .

  • @RojoAndalu
    @RojoAndalu Před 12 lety +10

    The Mezquita was a Christian Temple what the Moors destroyed and build a mezquita.

    • @Qthetar
      @Qthetar Před 4 lety +3

      Made it more beautiful yes

    • @danielandres1579
      @danielandres1579 Před 3 lety

      Qthetar *Made it a Temple of demon worship

    • @yosman-609
      @yosman-609 Před 2 lety

      @@danielandres1579 demon worship, how exactly?

  • @antoniom5194
    @antoniom5194 Před 5 lety +15

    the mosque was built on the old Visigothic church, so it was only once again a church, but it was Gothic in style.

    • @Stale_Buns
      @Stale_Buns Před 5 lety +12

      And the Church was built on an old Roman temple haha

    • @theimmortalemperor3605
      @theimmortalemperor3605 Před 5 lety +5

      @@Stale_Buns hagia Sophia belongs to the Greeks

    • @syuaibahmad7323
      @syuaibahmad7323 Před 3 lety

      There are no clear evidence of an existing church before the mosque. Please look it up...

    • @farismustafa5389
      @farismustafa5389 Před 2 lety +4

      @@theimmortalemperor3605 lol its a mosque now cry about it

    • @-Blast
      @-Blast Před 2 lety +1

      @@theimmortalemperor3605 It’s Istanbul now

  • @maximumdinosaur
    @maximumdinosaur Před 2 lety

    im hungry

  • @akshayachu3964
    @akshayachu3964 Před 4 lety +12

    Santiago Matamoros, defend the one true faith.Amen

  • @husseinmohamed1777
    @husseinmohamed1777 Před 2 lety +4

    Al Andalus greatest time of humanity

  • @vanssagomezsanchez8952
    @vanssagomezsanchez8952 Před 10 lety +3

    is amazing but is better the alhambra

  • @manelsevilla7200
    @manelsevilla7200 Před 9 lety +24

    Ni Andalucía ni el resto de España eran musulmanas. Por eso le llamaron REconquista (no conquista), porque los cristianos recuperaron un territorio que los musulmanes les arrebataron. Estuvieron "ocupando" la antigua Betica romana.

  • @husseinmedulla4915
    @husseinmedulla4915 Před 4 lety +1

    So then , y such magnitude of hypocrisy about hagia Sophia being changed back to mosque !

  • @thecase7078
    @thecase7078 Před 2 lety

    A lo chakko

  • @lllIIIIIlIlIIllll
    @lllIIIIIlIlIIllll Před 2 lety +1

    Ugh I have to watch this video for school 😡

    • @TheConquistador1492
      @TheConquistador1492 Před 2 lety

      And did it hurt?

    • @lllIIIIIlIlIIllll
      @lllIIIIIlIlIIllll Před 2 lety

      @@TheConquistador1492 ? no

    • @TheConquistador1492
      @TheConquistador1492 Před 2 lety

      @@lllIIIIIlIlIIllll I was just curious because of your angry emoji. Then good for you. Its really a fascinating place, a true amalgam of different cultures.🙂

  • @dr.muhannadalnaser2082
    @dr.muhannadalnaser2082 Před 2 lety +2

    You made a video call ( the best of so call israel instead of saying the best of PALESTINE 🇵🇸) . You did a huge mistake and lost my respect to you .

  • @RojoAndalu
    @RojoAndalu Před 12 lety +19

    I'm from Andalucía. Andalucía is Roman, not arab.

  • @sheikhsahab1385
    @sheikhsahab1385 Před 3 lety +22

    We will take it back one day inshallah

    • @adriancrespo1575
      @adriancrespo1575 Před 3 lety +24

      No y’all wont it was never yours y’all colonized Spain and it was rightfully taken back would you like it if christianity took back hagia sofia?

    • @jo-wv4lc
      @jo-wv4lc Před 3 lety

      @@adriancrespo1575 christan is belong to peganism

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 2 lety +8

      Only in your dreams buddy.

    • @nedimlim6523
      @nedimlim6523 Před 2 lety +5

      Inšallah ! Hoće , Naravno.
      Ammin 📿 🤝🏿🤝🏻💞

    • @ObiJohnKenobi22
      @ObiJohnKenobi22 Před 2 lety +4

      No you won’t, be we will take back Constantinople

  • @isawayto
    @isawayto Před 11 lety

    lol. Thats just not true

  • @yacine9809
    @yacine9809 Před 4 lety +8

    الله أكبر

  • @fahanmohammad6323
    @fahanmohammad6323 Před 3 lety +4

    we will conquer andalusia again

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 2 lety +11

      Only in your dreams

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 2 lety +3

      @Omar
      Like I said my friend only in your dreams. Keep crying us a river saracen.

    • @KazakhBoy
      @KazakhBoy Před 2 lety +1

      First bring back Palestine

    • @TorquemadaBouillon
      @TorquemadaBouillon Před 2 lety

      Can't even take care of your own countries properly

    • @andrzejszpak688
      @andrzejszpak688 Před rokem

      You can’t even conquer Israel. You are weak.

  • @KevinLopez-pu7ll
    @KevinLopez-pu7ll Před rokem +1

    Beautiful cathedral. Jesus is king

  • @adamsmith586
    @adamsmith586 Před 4 lety +11

    Inshallah It will be masjid once again 🇹🇷

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 3 lety +11

      In your dreams saracen.

    • @savageakash3970
      @savageakash3970 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jak7138 You keep dreaming. But Truth will be always truth

    • @lllIIIIIlIlIIllll
      @lllIIIIIlIlIIllll Před 2 lety

      @@jak7138 LOL

    • @jak7138
      @jak7138 Před 2 lety +7

      @@savageakash3970
      Yeah and the truth is it will always be a Cathedral dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

    • @KazakhBoy
      @KazakhBoy Před 2 lety

      Everything is fair. Aya Sofia is now a mosque, and Mesquita is a cathedral