The Rock of Gibraltar – towering high above all the surrounding area, this limestone monolith and the area surrounding it has been been a British outpost since 1704, despite several attempts by the Spanish to repatriate the area.
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Barbary macaques – the only primates found in Europe, and only here in Gibraltar.
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It is believed that the Moors brought these monkeys over during their domination of Spain, but no one knows for sure how or when they arrived.
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Early morning in Cordoba, Spain.
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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
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The famous candy cane coloured arches of the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
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Pews and an altar in the Mosque–Cathedral
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More arches. This mosque was another of the visuals I was most looking forward to seeing when we were planning the trip.
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A burial site within the mosque-cathedral
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Fisheye of the arches.
The site of the mosque-cathedral has been an important religious site for centuries, with the Visigoths originally having a cathedral on this spot, which was replaced by a Moorish mosque, and then converted to a Cathedral after the Reconquista