Tag Archives: Córdoba

PRIEGO DE CÓRDOBA: BAROQUE TREASURE AMONG MOUNTAINS AND SPRINGS

Priego de Córdoba, located in the southern part of the province of Córdoba, in the heart of the Subbética region, is one of the most beautiful and culturally rich towns in Andalusia. Its privileged setting among mountains, its impressive architectural heritage, its springs and gardens, and its proximity to the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park makeContinue reading “PRIEGO DE CÓRDOBA: BAROQUE TREASURE AMONG MOUNTAINS AND SPRINGS”

CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA PART II: MEDINA AL-ZAHARA

I had previously told you that the Muslims arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in 711, led by Tarik, and had defeated the last Visigothic king, Don Rodrigo, in the battle of the Guadalete River. This fact gave rise to the Muslim expansion in the territories that currently remain to Spain and Portugal. At the beginningContinue reading “CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA PART II: MEDINA AL-ZAHARA”

CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA PART I: MOSQUE-CATHEDRAL

Along the banks of the Guadalquivir River, which means “the Great River” in Arabic, stands a beautiful city, Córdoba, which during medieval times under the rule of the Umayyads became one of the cultural, artistic, political and most important economies cities in the world, being surpassed only by the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople.Continue reading “CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA PART I: MOSQUE-CATHEDRAL”