Córdoba, Andalusia

Córdoba is a city in Andalusia, Spain. It is the capital of Córdoba province. It had a population of about 326,000 in 2017.

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Coordinates: 37°53′N 4°46′W
Country	Spain

Córdoba was the capital of the Caliphate of Cordoba, an Islamic empire in the Middle Ages, when the city was the biggest in Europe, with 250,000 people.

Córdoba is 138 kilometers (86 miles) northeast of the city of Seville and is on the Guadalquivir river. Córdoba has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification) with the hottest summers of all European cities.

History

The Romans occupied Córdoba in 206 B.C. The city was very important in the 900s CE as a famous center of Moorish art and culture. The Mezquita de Córdoba is the city's chief landmark. It was built as a mosque (Muslim house of worship) in the 700s and was made into a Roman Catholic cathedral in 1238. More than 1,000 pillars of stone including granite, onyx, marble and jasper support its arches.

Economy

A soft, fine-grained leather called cordovan is made in Córdoba. Córdoba is the center of an agricultural region. The farms there produce grain, grapes, olives, and vegetables.

Córdoba, Andalusia Media

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  Reconstruction of the Roman temple of Córdoba.

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  Mihrab of the Mosque.

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  Dirham emitted by Abd al-Rahman III, coined in Medina Azahara (10th century).

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  People in front of an inn in Córdoba (1910).

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  View of Córdoba from the Sierra foothills.

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  Green fields in Córdoba after December rains.

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  Roman Mausoleum in the Paseo de la Victoria.

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  Interior of the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba.

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  The Tower of Calahorra to one side of the Roman Bridge.

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  Calleja de las Flores, with the Great Cathedral in the background.