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Enjoy the culture of Spain on the Guadalquivir River

UNESCO World Heritage Sites along the Guadalquivir River

Along the Guadalquivir River and nearby you can find these amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Visits to some may be included in your river cruise itinerary, but some may require some creative travel planning by your River Cruise Artist in order to visit. Learn more below about these UNESCO Sites and the history you can experience when you visit them. Let River Cruise Your Way take you away to the history around the Guadalquivir River.

Historic Center of Cordoba

A common excursion from your Guadalquivir River Cruise, historical Cordoba’s period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after conquest by the Moors. It was then that more than 300 mosques and many palaces and public buildings were built in order to rival the splendid Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba’s Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral and new defensive structures, particularly the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos and the Torre Fortaleza de la Calahorra, were built adding to the cultural paradigm of Cordoba.

Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo De Indias in Seville

Together the three buildings of the Cathedral, the Alcazar and the Archivo de Indias, form a remarkable historical complex in the center of Seville, Spain, often the embarkation and disembarkation point for Guadalquivir River cruises. The cathedral and the Alcázar which date from the Reconquest of 1248 to the 16th century, and are infused with Moorish influences, are an exceptional testimony to the civilization of the Almohads and the Christians of Andalusia. The Giralda minaret is the premier element of Almohad architecture. Adjacent stands the cathedral, the largest Gothic building in Europe, with five naves and is home to the tomb of Christopher Columbus. The ancient Lonja, which became the Archivo de Indias, is the protector of many valuable documents from the archives of the colonies in the Americas.

Antequera Dolmens Site

Located at the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain, this site is comprised of three prehistoric monuments. These include the Menga and Viera dolmens and the Tholos of El Romeral, as well as two natural monuments, La Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal landmark mountain formations. Built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age out of large stone blocks, these monuments form chambers with lintelled roofs or false cupolas. The three tombs, buried beneath their original earthen mounds, are one of the most notable architectural works of European prehistory and one of the most important examples of European Megalithism.

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