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Averroes Space
From April 25, 2026 until July 31, 2026Mondays through Fridays, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Closed on weekends and holidays.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Exhibition Hall (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
Mondays through Fridays, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Closed on weekends and holidays.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish, English and Arabic.
Casa Árabe is hosting this exhibition at its Cordoba headquarters, offering an educational journey through the life, work and intellectual legacy of this Cordovan philosopher to celebrate the 900th anniversary of his birth. Come and learn about the Andalusian sage.
The exhibition “Averroes Space” forms part of the commemorative activity program titled “The Averroes Universe: The ninth centennial (1126-2026),” an institutional initiative which pays tribute to Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and the importance of his ideas in the contemporary world.
Hosted at the Casa Árabe headquarters in Cordoba, this exhibition has been curated by a professor at the University of Cordoba, Juan Pedro Monferrer, offering an educational journey through the life, work and intellectual legacy of the Cordoban philosopher.
Content and exhibition layout
The “Averroes Space” has been organized around a series of thematic panels that address the main part of Averroes’s life in an accessible, well-designed manner, including:
- Biographical details
- An overview of his historical context in twelfth-century Cordoba, his career as a legal expert, physician and philosopher, and his role at the Almohad court.
- His intellectual education
- His education in religious sciences, Islamic law, philosophy and medicine, as well as the influence on him by the tradition of Al-Andalus and Aristotelianism.
- The significance of his thought
- His contribution to passing down Aristotle’s thought and his defense of reason as a legitimate path to knowledge in dialogue with faith.
- Works by Averroes
- An overview of his intellectual writings in fields such as philosophy, medicine, law and astronomy, highlighting their interdisciplinary nature.
The content is presented in Spanish, English and Arabic, reinforcing the project’s international scope and intercultural nature.
The purpose of the “Averroes Universe” program is to reclaim the figure of Averroes as a symbol of dialogue between cultures, spread knowledge about the intellectual legacy of Al-Andalus, promote thought today about the relationship between reason, science and religion, and further Cordoba’s cultural heritage around the world.
Image: Imaginary debate between Averroes and the third-century philosopher Porphyry. Monfredo de Monte Imperiali, Liber de herbis, fourteenth century
Hosted at the Casa Árabe headquarters in Cordoba, this exhibition has been curated by a professor at the University of Cordoba, Juan Pedro Monferrer, offering an educational journey through the life, work and intellectual legacy of the Cordoban philosopher.
Content and exhibition layout
The “Averroes Space” has been organized around a series of thematic panels that address the main part of Averroes’s life in an accessible, well-designed manner, including:
- Biographical details
- An overview of his historical context in twelfth-century Cordoba, his career as a legal expert, physician and philosopher, and his role at the Almohad court.
- His intellectual education
- His education in religious sciences, Islamic law, philosophy and medicine, as well as the influence on him by the tradition of Al-Andalus and Aristotelianism.
- The significance of his thought
- His contribution to passing down Aristotle’s thought and his defense of reason as a legitimate path to knowledge in dialogue with faith.
- Works by Averroes
- An overview of his intellectual writings in fields such as philosophy, medicine, law and astronomy, highlighting their interdisciplinary nature.
The content is presented in Spanish, English and Arabic, reinforcing the project’s international scope and intercultural nature.
The purpose of the “Averroes Universe” program is to reclaim the figure of Averroes as a symbol of dialogue between cultures, spread knowledge about the intellectual legacy of Al-Andalus, promote thought today about the relationship between reason, science and religion, and further Cordoba’s cultural heritage around the world.
Image: Imaginary debate between Averroes and the third-century philosopher Porphyry. Monfredo de Monte Imperiali, Liber de herbis, fourteenth century
