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9 Aerial photos from Andalusien:
from: Cordoba | Granada | Ronda | Zahara |
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Carlos V inserted a Renaissance palace into the complex of the Alhambra. He planned to make Granada his main residence. The interests of Karl V changed because of Columbus discovery of America and Karl gave his plans. The palace remained unfinished.
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Picture taken 6.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1571
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Zahara is a small village at the ''route of the white villages'' in Andalusia.
Typical are the whitewashed houses with labyrinthine lanes.
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Picture taken 6.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1597
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The construction of the Mezquita started in 784 AD at the site of an old cathedral. When the forces of Tariq ibn-Ziyad entered Cordoba it became equitable that they had to share the place with the Christians. With the establishment of the emirate of Cordoba the Christians had to give up their part of the Mezquita. In 1236 when Cordoba was recaptured from the Moors the mosque was reconsecrated as a Christian church.
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Picture taken 5.5.2007 -
aerial photo #0011-1528
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