Cordoba is a city in southern Spain situated along the Guadalquivir River. It has rich history as the capital of the Roman province of Baetica and the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba in the 10th century when it had over 1 million inhabitants. The historic center contains well preserved architecture from the Roman, Muslim, and Christian periods, including the iconic Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. Local cuisine features ingredients from the fertile valley and mountains, especially in stews and casseroles made with olive oil, artichokes, lamb, and bull tail.

1. CÓRDOBA
Laura Romero

2. INDEX

HISTORY OF CORDOBA





HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE







Olives
Stews typical of Cordoba
PARTIES





Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba
Roman era
The old Jewry
The Alcazar
Roman Wall
GASTRONOMY


Basic history of Cordoba
Situation of Cordoba
Size and population of the city
Old town
Easter week
Carnival
Battle of Flowers
The May Cordobes

3. MOST IMPORTANT STORY
OF CORDOBA



Cordoba is a city in Andalucia, Spain, situated
on the banks of de Guadalquivir and the
foothills of Sierra Morena.
It's the third city in Andalusia, toth in size and
in population, only behind Sevilla and Malaga.
It has about 329.000 inhabitants (three hundred
and twenty-nine thousand).

4. MOST IMPORTANT STORY
OF CORDOBA


Today is a medium sized city, in which we can
still see old buildings whit architectural
elements when Cordoba was the capital of the
province Baetica during the Roman Empire and
the Caliphate of Cordoba during de Muslim
period.
In the tenth century had as many as one million
inhabitants, the largest city and cultivated
worldwide.

5. MOST IMPORTANT STORY
OF CORDOBA

Its historic center was declared a World
Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, but
ten years before had been the MosqueCathedral of Cordoba.

6. 
HISTORY
During the government of Abderraman I, began
to build the Great Mosque of Cordoba, on the
basis of the Basilica of San Vicente Martir,
temple shared by Muslims and Christians
should thereafter raise his church on the
outskirts of the city. It claimed that the Mosque
was kept Muhammad's arm and became a place
of pilgrimage for Muslims.

7. HISTORY


In 1236 Ferdinand III
took the city and
during the reign of
Alfonso XI built the
Synagogue of
Cordoba. It also
begins to build the
Alcazar of the
Christian Kings.
Today is one of the
best preserved cities
of Spain, with
extensive historic
center, declared
World Heritage Site.

8. HISTORIC
ARCHITECTURE

Notably, the most important building and
symbol of the city, the Cathedral-Mosque
of Cordoba and current cathedral, which
alongside the magnificent Roman Bridge,
are the best know facet of the city.

9. HISTORIC
ARCHITECTURE

From de Roman era can also be found
beneath the Roman Theatre
Archaeological and Ethnological Museum
of Cordoba. It also preserves the
Amphitheatre.

10. HISTORIC
ARCHITECTURE
 Near Mosque, site of the old Jewish
quarter consists of many irregular
streets, such as Calleja de las Flores
and Calleja Handkerchief, where you can
visit the Synagogue and Sephardic
House.

11. GASTRONOMY



The cuisine of Cordoba is fed mainly by products of the
field and its valley and the Sierra from which comes their
livestock, as well as the southern part of its olive oil.
All these qualitu ingredients, make the cuisine of
Cordoba, cuisine casseroles and stews.
As we highlight typical plates salmorejo, flamenquines,
bull tail, lamb with honey or artichokes to “Montilla” and
most typical dessert cake Cordoba, which is a puff pastry
filled with “hair angel”.