Cordoba to Malaga, Andalusia, Spain. 22nd and 23rd October 2018.
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Images are on the road from Cordoba to Malaga, more specifically Medina Azahara, Antequera Dolmens and Malaga Alcazaba.
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Medina Azahara
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Upper Basilical Hall or Dar al-Jund.
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Same view, different angle.
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Upper Basilica Building.
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Bab al-Sudda, the ceremonial entrance to the Alcazar.
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Remains of the mosque.
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The stables.
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One of the two reconstructed porticos at a side of the central courtyard of the House of the Water Basin.
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Reconstructed portico in the main courtyard of the House of Ja’far.
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Side view of same portico.
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Antequera Dolmens
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The Sleeping Giant.
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Entrance to the Viera Dolmen.
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Small end chamber.
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Looking out of the Viera Dolmen.
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Entrance to the Menga Dolmen.
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Interior view.
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Looking out towards the Sleeping Giant.
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Interior view with person for scale.
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Alcazaba of Antequera, from a viewpoint on a city road.
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Long telephoto shot of an Antequera street.
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Malaga Alcazaba
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An inlaid corner of a walkway.
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Decorations inside the palace.
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Water feature and small Palace Courtyard.
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Ceiling.
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Mysterious doorway.
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Looking up.
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Out the same way we came in. No sitting person this time.
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The Roman theatre below the alcazaba walls.
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Street musician and dog, leading through the laneway to the Cathedral.
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Dense urban living.
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Harbour View from Gibralfaro Castle.
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