The document summarizes photos taken in Andalusia, Spain that depict the region's cultural heritage and Islamic roots. Some of the photos show the palace in Seville built in Islamic style, a striking cathedral built on a former mosque, and a synagogue converted into a beautiful church. Flamenco is described as a combination of dance, guitar, and singing that developed from Gypsy, Jewish, and Islamic influences. Other photos depict a street theater in Seville, the bullring, a huge mosque in Cordoba converted into a cathedral, and important buildings in cities like Ubeda, Granada, and Marbella showing the lasting influences of Islamic architecture.

1. Andalusia (Spain), Photographed by Jair (Yair) Moreshet, February 2005 the culture heritage, and some of its roots

2. Seville: The palace of the local ruler built in Islamic (Moorish) style on the site of an earlier Islamic palace.

3. Just one of the ceilings in the palace

5. Seville: A monumental striking Cathedral built on a monumental Mosque

8. Seville: A Synagogue converted into a beautiful church

9. Flamenco is a combination of dance, guitar, and a unique characteristic form of singing. - It developed as a mix of Gypsy, Jewish, and Islamic elements.

10. Flamenco

12. Seville: A street theater in the alleys

16. Seville: The main entrance to the bullring site (for bullfighting events).

18. Cordoba: A huge magnificent Mosque converted into a magnificent beautiful Cathedral. Everyone here is proud of the city’s historical world-renowned philosopher -- Maimonides (the Jewish RAMBAM).

20. Ubeda (on UNESCO list of preserved old cities): The El Salvador church Granada: The cathedral

21. Granada: The Alhambra palace – Islamic architecture at its best

24. Granada: The Cartuja monastery – “a Christian Alhambra”

25. Granada: The Cartuja monastery

26. Marbella: A new residential neighborhood