Cordoba

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Cordoba replaced Seville as the most important city in Al-Andalus after Islamic conquest was completed in 716. It became a centre for culture and commerce.

By the middle of the 10th century, Cordoba was vying with Constantinople to be the largest city in Europe, with a population of around 500,000. At the time it was larger than Rome, Florence and Venice combined and forty times the size of London. It was taken by Christians in 1236.

Today Cordoba is Spain’s 12th largest city with a population around 350,000.

We stayed in a former palace. Like many places in Cordoba, Roman ruins were discovered under the building. In this case they were found when a former owner was trying to build a wine cellar. The ruins are now under the glass dining room floor.
Roman ruins next to the modern City Hall
A square, formally used as a Bull Ring
Former synagogue
Tapas bar close to our hotel

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