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The Exhibition “From Qurtuba to Córdoba,” in Madrid

From October 27, 2014 until November 30, 2014Monday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and from 4:00-7:30 p.m. Sundays, from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

MADRID

Casa Árabe exhibition halls (at Calle Alcalá, 62) Monday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. and from 4:00-7:30 p.m. Sundays, from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Free entrance.

Fifty works which highlight Cordoba’s heritage related with the period of Al-Andalus are on display..

This exhibition is made up of a selection of fifty works originally created for the first From Qurtuba to Córdoba Photography Competition, which was held with the objective of rediscovering and placing renewed value on the local heritage related with the period of Al-Andalus, in seven different categories: The Aljama Mosque and environs; Madinat al-Zahra; City Walls, City Gates, fortified towers and urban fabric; Minarets; Arab Baths; the Mudejar style; and freely chosen topics.

It is a unique opportunity for the public to be able to observe the mark left behind by the Arab and Islamic legacy in the city of Cordoba.

Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba was the first space to host the exhibition in 2012. Later, thanks to the wonderful collaboration which has occurred in recent years with the Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency (AECID), Spain’s network of embassies and the Cervantes Institute, the viewpoint of Spanish authors in these photographs is also being shared with the public in Riyadh and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia); Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangier and Tetouan (Morocco); Doha (Qatar); Jerusalem, Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus (Palestine); Amman (Jordan); Nouakchott and Chinguetti (Mauritania); Algiers (Algeria); Cairo (Egypt); Tunis (Tunisia); etc.

For Casa Árabe, it has been of enormous satisfaction to convey to the Arab world the feeling of pride with which our fellow citizens value our heritage from Al-Andalus and are keeping it alive in twenty-first century Cordoba.