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Cordoba. What's in a name? Human settlement here seems to have always had a variation of this name.
The first recorded existence of a settlement here (though Neanderthal existence was confirmed in the area between 42,000-35,000 B.C. and preurban settlements dating from the 8th century B.C.)...was with the Carthaginians.
General Hamilcar Barca (Hannibal's dad) renamed it Kartuba (previously called Kart-Juba, which meant "City of Juba.").
The Romans, after winning the Punic Wars, took over Iberia (in 206 B.C.) and dramatically changed the name of this town to...Corduba. With the Romans, you can start to find plenty of things in town. The Roman Bridge still stands. The Roman city wall still stands (base is Roman and changes with subsequent civilizations as you go up...Moorish, Christian.) If you tour the Alcazar, you'll see a handful of nice Roman mosaics on display. Then there's the Roman temple and ruins there.
Well, those Romans didn't last forever. After about 5-6 centuries of glory, they faded into history books, being overtaken in bits and pieces by northern European groups. For Cordoba's purposes...the Visigoths. The Visigoths were Christians, not some backwoods group. They built a church (St. Vincent Church) on the site of what is now the Mezquita-Cathedral in the heart of Cordoba. The Visigoths, though, weren't as strong as the Romans and squabbled a bit. Civil wars made their presence here fairly short-lived (just over 100 years) until the next dominant folks came calling.
The Moors decided to pay the town a visit in 711. They liked it so much that they took it over by force and stayed...for about 500 years.
At first, it was a subordinate town to the Damascus Caliphate. And the Moors, too, changed the name of the city to something really different: Qurtuba.
Apparently tiring of reporting to Damascus, the locals decided they'd just run things themselves beginning in 766 A.D. by naming this the Umayyad Emirate (eventually Caliphate).
Things went well for the Moors in Spain (which is why they ran the Good Ship Iberia for 7 centuries or so.) While Christian Europe tends to call these the Dark Ages, they were anything but here in Iberia.
By global standards of those times, Cordoba was massive. Its population ~800 A.D. was about 200,000. That was 0.1% of the global population. (That would put it on par with a city of 7 million today, which is...Hong Kong or Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon. Basically...massive.) At the height of the Caliphate (~1,000 A.D.), the population had doubled to about 400,000.
And why did so many folks live in good ol' Cordoba? Well, during the 10th-11th centuries, Cordoba was one of the greatest cultural, political, financial, and economic centers of the world.
Christians and Jews coexisted fairly well with the Moors (well...it's all relative, I suppose). Take the Jewish quarter, for example.
The Jews all lived on three fairly small narrow streets near the Great Mosque (which was built on the ruins of St. Vincent Church during this time). They were allowed to go out and work in town by day, but they had a curfew and were all locked in the neighborhood by night. Not sure how I'd like that.
One of the most important Jewish scholars, Maimonides, was born here in Cordoba (in the 1130s; 1135, or 1138). This was the end of what folks would call the Golden Age of Judaism on the peninsula. (Bad things -- or worse things -- were in store for the Sefarad.)
Maimonides bolted at a fairly young age and spent the majority of his life in northern Africa (Morocco, Egypt.) He was a rabbinical scholar, astronomer, physician, and philosopher. He was basically a Renaissance Man...before the Renaissance.
Like the end of the Golden Age of Jewish culture in the Iberian Peninsula, the Moors reign was slowly being chipped away by Christian Spain. (Almost immediately upon taking over 90% of the Iberian Peninsula in 711, the Christians fought back, little by little, to reconquer their land.)
With the death of al-Mansur, after an expedition up north to La Rioja, in 1002, the caliphate slowly started to disintegrate. It had everything except a strong ruler. Even with that, it took the Christians quite some time to reconquer Cordoba.
King Fernando III of Spain took the city after a few months' siege in 1236. Cordoba lost its position as the most important city -- Sevilla was the new capital of Andalusia -- and Cordoba's position in the world faded during the Renaissance. (I guess you could say Cordoba had an anti-Renaissance?) The population dwindled to 20,000 in the 17th century.
What you have in town now are the remains of history, surrounded by generic modernity. (Directly across the way from the Door of Forgiveness to the Great Mosque? Burger King. How's that for progress?)
I'll write specific pieces on the Mezquita (which demands its own space) and also on the flowered patios for which modern Cordoba is famous in other posts.
Existence de edward bond au théâtre des argonautes à marseille
mise en scène francine eymery, collaboration artistique et scénographique jean-pierre girard
avec lionel barathieu et frédéric josse
Chaos Theory gig (01.05.15) at the Black Heart, Candem
Check here for more pictures of the same night.
The existence of a wooden church on the current site can be dated as far back as 675.
Robert de Brus I gained control of the area in around 1119. In the late 1100s the de Brus family build the manor house and chapel. The chapel remains as the basis of the St Mary Magdalene Church, which has undergone significant modification since it was built,.
In 1596 Ellen Thompson was condemned as a witch and buried under the stile of St Mary Magdalene church at the east entrance to the churchyard. Another woman, known as Old Mother Midnight of Elwick, may have been buried in the same place in 1641.
St Georg fighting the dragon
Arbroath owes its existence to its abbey, established by King William the Lion in 1178 and dedicated to the memory of St Thomas a Beckett. St Thomas was the patron saint of the town, and today the tomb of King William the Lion can be seen in the abbey. Arbroath Abbey consisted of 40 monks of the Tironesian order whose purpose was to perform divine service. A burgh of regality was established along with the abbey, giving the monks the right to hold a weekly market, dispense basic justice and to create a harbour, which they did in 1394. A village grew up surrounding the abbey to supply its needs and a fishing hamlet developed around the harbour.
I want to reach You,
who am I,
who are You,
In deep essence of me
I feel Im not alone
You bend the time,
Omnipresent
in space, world,
I want to reach You
Reach me and whole my existence...
For the first time in six years of existence, the P1 AquaX was hosting a World Championship event sanctioned by IJSBA and it happened in Key West, Florida December 9th and 10th 2017. Since the Thailand King's Cup was being held at the same time, only 18 of the 25 pilots that made the selection were racing this week end. Nevertheless, Key West was a beautiful destination to race, every morning brought a different colour of sunrise and the ever changing blue hues of the water made this race memorable. After marine and storm delays, day one was hard for David Chassier after experiencing mechanical problems. Day two was a little better even if the Yamaha FX SVHO was barely taking 7000 rpm, the French pilot from Blois managed to finish 12 and 13, which placed him 15 overall. A big thank you to Barefoot Billy's Jet Ski Rental that helped us train the first days in Key West as well as Redler's family that gave us assistance and support during the race. Congratulation to our friend Nicolas Rius on landing a 3rd place overall despite a bad shoulder injury and we wish him the best recovery so he can be back a the top for 2018. This was the last race of the season, see you next year :)
Hunting Eggs - Existence Easter Egg Hunt
Taken at BOOM, miseria, Bodyline, PIDIDDLE, eep, Kozmetika, Existence (214, 139, 22)
December 13, 2019 - St. Philip’s College conferred degrees and certificates to over 350 students during the Fall 2019 Commencement Ceremony at the Freeman Colosseum on Friday, December 13, 2019. The ceremony welcomed U.S. District Judge, Jason Kenneth Pulliam as the keynote speaker. During his speech, he announced he will be paying SPC’s student, Terrance Johnson’s, fall outstanding tuition balance. The evening reflected on SPC’s 121 years of existence. The institution has evolved into a comprehensive institution offering over 100 degrees and certificates. Last year was monumental as the institution received the Governor’s Award for Performance Excellence and the National Baldrige Award. Additionally, the college was listed as one of the top 10 most admired colleges and universities and cited as one of the fasted growing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Most recently, the college received the Online Learner Support Certification from Quality Matters. St. Philip’s College will continue to experience growth in 2020, as the college looks forward to the renovation and new construction projects for the MLK and Southwest Campuses. The projects include the new construction of the Bowden Building and Norris Technical Building.
From left, Vice President for Academic Success Randall Dawson, Vice President for College Services Lacy Hampton, Dr. Loston, U.S. District Judge Jason Kenneth Pulliam, VP for Student Success Dr. Mordecai I. Brownlee.
Left on his own, he ponders the immortal questions.
My remix of original photo by etcam
Prepared for the fotogriPhone *EDITING LAB* group
Processed exclusively on an iPhone 4. No imported elements.
Apps used: Touch Retouch, Juxtaposer, Tiffen Photo fx, Filterstorm
Now I know my ABCs, won't you come and lay with me? Who lies under this bit of stone? There are archives for finding out that sort of thing, but sometimes the secret is better fuel for imagination. I'm consistently fascinated by this simplistic representation of someone buried below. An entire existence boiled down to just three initials. You could hardly offer less information, short of planting no marker at all. I like to choose a new name whenever I pass. Could it be Albert Brian Clarke? I'll have another guess next time.
September 4, 2018
Riverside Cemetery
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
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