I was there with my son and we were deeply impressed. I saw this post only after returning home... I want to go back to Andalucia and feel the vibes of those places again and wish everyone a chance to visit those places. The spiritual side of things is more complicated. The destruction of the Visigoth kingdom, the reconquista, the inquisition are just fragments of historical intolerance, the desire for wealth, power and also violence, envy. Today, it's as if humanity has failed to learn. Thank you for working on this channel and for this video.
I’m an American living in Lisbon Portugal and I’ve taken many road trips with my dog into Spain, like Don Quijote and Pancho Villa. I enjoy discovering little joules of history in art and architecture in the Extremadura and Andalusia, to provinces, struggling economically, but incredibly rich in history and architecture. Many say that Sevilla is the most beautiful of Spanish cities, and I would tend to agree. Despite it’s infamous heat in the summer, the throngs come. I did witness Semana Santa a couple of years ago and that is really mesmerizing.
I was fortunate to have visited Seville this April during their April Fair. This was just after my visit to Cordoba. Seville's main cathedral indeed is awe-inspiring. While the Mezquita in Cordoba truly is a syncretic structure, it is harder to see the Islamic influences in Seville's cathedral. The Giralda is the main such feature. I've been to Spain a few times and in every visit, a stop somewhere in Andalusia is a must. This land has so much history and beauty but it is never enough to satisfy me. That's why I return.
Hi from Seville! It's been nice to see your POV about my city and my country. You have a very keen eye for such things as History and Spirituality. Unfortunately, most of nowadays Andalusians are ignorants about what we once were: Tartessos, Al-Andalus, Andalucía... Blas Infante was a major figure who tried to wake Andalusian people up both in a social and a spiritual way. Did you notice how much "icon-lover" current popular religion is? You would be amazed how the Virgen del Rocío Procession at El Rocío town in Pentecost is performed. This is in sharp contrast with the "no-icon" islamic past. After the Castillian conquest, Catholic Religious Orders seek to promote fervent devotion towards the Blessed Mary, the Saints and the Passion of Christ among the Andalusian population. The funny things is that devotion for Mary connects very well with ancient Earth-Mother goddesses cultus in Tartessos and before. Thanks for sharing, love your content.
Very interesting! I have been to Cordòba, but not Sevilla, unfortunately. Yes, I noticed the over-use of icons and images of the Virgin Mary everywhere there, too. I also noticed how ham (Jamòn) is ever-present on the streets everywhere-I read somewhere that the display of pork following the Castilian conquest was encouraged in order to demonstrate that the inhabitants were devoted Catholics, not Jewish or Muslim. Is this true? Is there a connection? Thanks!
very enjoyable and enlightening. I like the combination of travel discourse and religious history, as well as your personal connection to the place and its environment
Hello, how are you doing? How’s everything going on with you over there, my name is Jeff Holmes,I’m originally from bologna Italy but presently living in NYC,where are you from?
@@Tzimiskes3506It WAS a Muslim country, and that's what I believe she meant. The ones that "kicked them out", as you described it, where invaders as well, the Visigoths, and previously we had been invaded by the Vandals, and before that, the Romans. And yet, that wasn't it. This land had been previously occupied by the Carthaginians and the Phoenicians.
My biggest regret from college times is that I didn't have the money to do my university's semester abroad in Seville. I see this video and feel nostalgia for the experiences that might have been.
If anyone is ever in Seville, please try getting a tour from "Sevilla Free Tours" with a historian named Valentín. 3000 years of history radiate through his enthusiastic soul, he still does the tours. I will never forget his passion and joy for his heritage, as well as his openness. Edit: he became teary eyed when he recalled travelling to Morocco and understanding a Sephardic Jew in the fascinating language of Ladino, it was like finding his lost cousin.
Having visited both seville and marrakesh I can see the similarities like architecture,narrow streets,food,language even culture and hospitality and generosity
Presumably this was shot some time ago, but just in case you travel back -- I live in Sevilla and would be thrilled to meet up for coffee and a talk about religious architecture and heritage, anytime! Also, to any visitors who enjoy the stuff in this video: make sure you visit the Museo de Bellas Artes! Lots of incredible artwork that used to be in churches, extremely well preserved. And it's in a converted palace full of some of the city's best tiling.
Hello, how are you doing? How’s everything going on with you over there, my name is Jeff Holmes,I’m originally from bologna Italy but presently living in NYC,where are you from?
Thank you! That was absolutely wonderful to see. I've always heard of Seville. And of course there's the Opera "The Barber Of Seville." This adds to the mystical info..!👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾
Great video. Our Lady Rocío (pronounced Ro thi o) has her own special pilgramage which is considered to be one of the biggest relious celebrations in Europe.
Thank you so much for making such a wonderful and interesting video about my city ♥. Glad that foreigns appreciate its history and relevance :). You'll always be very welcomed!
One of my favourite cities on this planet, such STUNNING architecture everywhere, delicious affordable tapas, flamenco. Thank you for this video. Would love an even deeper dive into its Moorish cultural roots.
Vous rêvé !! Qu'elle racines culturel maure a l'Espagne😅😂😂, reste dans votre grotte avec vos racine maure . Vous oublié que les Espagnols,ont nettoyé le cancer venus d'Afrique pendant 3 siècles . Et la culture des Espagnols sont Chrétienne et occidental, ou le cochon est le Roi ou l'appel a la prière a disparu depuis plus de 8 siècles . Et vous les musulmans vous pouvez venir mendié une vie meilleure en Espagne où vous êtes toléré. 🇪🇦🇪🇦✝️✝️✝️🇪🇦🇪🇦
Thank you so much for Sharing this amazingly Beautiful knowledgeable video, of Wonderful history 👍🏻✅You are indeed an Authority on Islamic History & Sufism, 👍🏻✅ God Bless you 🌹Amen 🌹 Sohail Karachi Pakistan ❤️👍🏻
Really interesting introduction to this historic and fabled city. I've not been to Seville, but I can certainly relate to the special feeling of communion one has in walking the same spaces as once traversed by one's heroes. For a period in the eleventh century, after the demise of the Umayyad caliphate in Córdoba, Seville was one of the taifas, independent Muslim principalities of Iberia each vying for power and prestige among themselves, and one of Seville's kings, al-Mu'tamid (reigned between 1068 and 1091), brought an early cultural renown to the city, becoming one of the finest poets in Arabic Andalusia ever produced. His kingdom was vanquished by the Almoravids from Africa, and al-Mu'tamid died in exile in Aghmat in 1095. Much later, under Christian rule, Seville proved the cradle for many of Spain's most distinguished artists, including Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Luisa Roldán. It has long been a place of intellectual and creative eminence.
Thank you soooo soooo much for all of your amazing work! It's such a great contribution for a seeker of knowledge, history, religion and spiritual concepts!! From Kashmir shaivism to the great personalities of the spiritual path inside Islam! Thank you so much for all the work that you put in! It's truly worth it!!!
Amazing how similar hindu temples and chritian churches look on the inside with all the images and statues. No other places of worship houses so many idols
What an excelent video. Didn't know your chanel but subscribed allready. I've been to Seville before, but learned a bit more in your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!👏👏👏👏
Hello, how are you doing? How’s everything going on with you over there, my name is Jeff Holmes,I’m originally from bologna Italy but presently living in NYC,where are you from?
Thank you for the video. As someone who now subscribes to the Islamic faith I look forward to visiting this place and focusing on some of the items you showcased.
@@KLarsen00 As I recall, the Roman emperor Trajan hailed from there, and the emperor Hadrian, having familial ties to Trajan, also had connections to the place.
@@barrymoore4470That's not true at all. There are several ancient Greek and Roman remainings, temples were their gods were glorified are still standing. Don't be so simplistic
Hi, always love your videos. I don’t know if you have already talked about Hurūf Muqatta’āt, it is such an interesting subject, I would love you to do a video about it. Best regards and blessings for your success!
Btw Seville had a genetic sample study of a sample size of 155 and it had a 8% j2 group aka central and eastern Mediterranean aka Levantine Arabs and overall Spain have a fairly decent amount of North African and Levantine genetic samples North African being the major one
🤣vous êtes au courant des expulsions des musulmans de l'Espagne CHRÉTIENNE. Ils ont nettoyé le cancer venu d'Afrique pendant 300 a fin de vous effacé des terres CHRÉTIENNES EUROPÉENNE. Vérifier sur wikipédia il y a 11% dans L'Espagne au nord-ouest et le reste Il y a que 4% . Mais vous le nord africains vos gêne Hispanic est importante a causse des musulmans Hispanic expulsé vers l'Afrique, leurs terre depuis que ils préfèrent leurs secte de taré a leurs pays Chrétiens depuis les Romains
Beautiful place. Thanks Filip. If you want to see awe-inspiring buildings, you need to visit Iran. One particular place in Mashhad called Imam Reza Shrine will definitely occupy your mind for many years to come. Hope you can go and visit.
very proud to say my grandfathers once ruled these lands with the biggest dynasty, banu abbad and we have various schools,shops and mosques named after the ruler Al-Mu'tamid ibn abbad in my village in Jordan, Banu Abbad kings of Al-Hira, rulers of AlAndalus, بني عباد ملوك الحيره حكام الاندلس
hahahahahahha al andalus was conquered from qiarouan not morrocco you ignorant morrocco civilisation came much later than al andalus and qiarouan your today architecure and history is around 500 years -600 years not old snd ur old name was mauritania so please stop this stupid claims ..especially in the last years you are getting crazy pumping lies about yourselves empires etc you were desretic empire with little achievements except in ur country so no real traces outside it
@@imb5128morocco is beautiful and was beautiful and they did that with less fertile land ressorcess when they been to iberia with all its fertile land they built things your natuve ancestors didnt
I like and used to listen/watch your videos and really appreciate your gteat works! Here you mentioned that the sufi mystics or scholars would meditate/contemplate in solitude in this region. But as I see this part of practice (meditation) is completely ignored in Islam today. There is no mention of any methods of meditation (like Vedic tradition) in Islam or Sufism too. I would love to listen your research work about this. Could you pls comment on this?
Can you make a video about St. Ignatius and the Jesuits. Also if ever St. Ignatius or other Jesuits encounter a Sufi mystic in Spain or in other places
You are referred to Spain Andalusia Safar ie Travel to spain Andalusia written by Dr Prof Muhsmmad Siddique, published by Bud Comprint and Publications,50 Bangla Bazar, Dhaka 1100
didn't mention that there was once a spiritually and commercially, poetically important jewish community in sevilla. they lived in peace and cooperation during the years of islamic rule there, if taxed specifically. under christian rule, ghettoized and limited, but still thriving until the explusions and forced conversions of the 15th century.
He's an expert in Islam and one of his favorite Muslims is from there so that was personally significant to him. And he was pointing out the Catholic churches as current sight-seeing destinations in a short travelogue. Not to speak for him but he generally avoids politics. Sephardim are still a lively and significant group of Jews in the diaspora and great cooks of Spanish/North African inspired Jewish cuisine. It's not a social sin not to drag out all the old miseries at every turn. Doesn't mean people don't care.
@@garypuckettmuse I certainly wasn't dragging out old miseries, just pointing out that there's a gap in the spiritual profile of a place I once lived in and loved.
I do not consider Christopher Columbus remains worthy of being enshrined. Toss them to the dogs. I would like to travel to Granada,Cordoba,and Seville by train.
@@extract8058 honestly no remains whatsoever. Remains are just a pile of decayed matter. The animation is all gone. The Hindus have it right set the corpse ablaze toss them in the Ganges or some water course. Columbus did some heinous things to the natives of the New World during his exploits. Things conventional history education overlooks. He was more savage than the Savages he and his men raped, murdered,and kidnapped into slavery. Columbus is on par with Hitler and other like perverts. Honor wasted on monsters. But Christianity seems to praise those types
It's beautiful. But does the power of the Lord Jesus manifest there. Do you feel a connection with Jesus. Do you feel the tangible presence of the Holy Spirit. The Bible forbids us to built churches on places where other temples mosques existed. It's an abonomonation to the Lord God of Israel. Enjoy u holiday. Hope u have an encounter with the Lord Jesus.
Very interesting informations. You have studied the abundance of important and significant points about all these type of subjects...Sir Can I get your contact means like email ID & WhatsApp?
@@samwill7259 I'm not being hostile I'm merely saying that if a building can cause the feeling of their being a higher power then all it does is prove that men are the creators of everything.
Hi! You could do a video about Rosacrucian (the historical one, not these modern copies), and how it relates to sufism, as the legendary founder studied unders (probably) sufis in Chipre, Damascus, Dancar, Egypt, Fez and Spain about the 14th century. The rose symbol, the fact that he learned in Fez (Morocco) how to contact nature spirits (Jins)... and how he adapt all that sufi knowledge to his cristian background. That would be amazing.
Sevilla was founded as a city in Roman times and the setlement had phoenicians roots, it became a major center for commerce and goverment for the transoceanic spanish empire. Its much older and more historically significant than Marrakesh. Seville is no "little sister".
from a Carthagian I agree we founded Sevilla and from Qiaouan centuries later we conquered A l andalus ..unforetunately oday because of the turk pirates and later the french Tunisia of today was stolen most of its land then called Africa ( then given to the whole contienet,) and no comparison beyween sevilla or ishbilya and marakech the first is much fine and eloquent and bigger@@XxLIVRAxX
Ah the birth place of Ibn Arabi....the most controversial person in Islamic history till today...Ashaaris, Salafis and Sufis scholars still debate about him and his teaching till today and its not just a small debate but a wild one and most of the Salafis and Ashaaris have a very negative views about him.
I especially relished your obviously visceral appreciation of the Muslim heritage of Ishbaliyya, so much so, that I felt transported to the era in question, hoping for a depth of history that is beyond the scope of this video. Unearthing the politically repressed chaptres of the narratives of humankind breathes revived life into their reality. Thank you.
8:45 man that Courtyard looks sooooo peaceful 🥺🥺🥺🥺 my heart longs to visit places like this. Away from all the Chaos & amidst the historical remnants. Once again thank you Filip, your videos are always very educational and invoke a sense of hope✨
I'm from Seville and idk what are you talking about. It's called "Reconquista" but for sure the people who came to the south weren't at all the same that in the 8th century. It wasn't a civil war and Al-Andalus was gradually invaded by Castilla.
@@Alfonsogoliardo Mr. Emilio Gonzalez Ferrín, is from Seville and a professor, specialized in the subject, he has dedicated his entire career to studying the subject based on documents and evidences....perhaps he could help us to truly understand what happened, and why it was destroyed that brilliant civilization.
@@jaif7327 Yes, they were Iberians, but Iberia is simply a geographical term, not a designation of nationality. The Castilians and the Moors inhabited different polities.
