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Themed tours: “Indelible Marks Left Behind in Cordoba: The Women of Al-Andalus”
From May 01, 2019 until May 11, 2019From 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Approximate duration: 3 hours.
CORDOBA
Meeting point: Those who sign up will be notified of the location by e-mail.
From 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Approximate duration: 3 hours.
Advanced registration required.
Register using this form.
In Spanish.
As part of the series of activities “Amira Al-Andalus: The ‘Princess of
Al-Andalus,” Casa Árabe has once again organized these themed tours
given by Arabist and professor, Inmaculada Serrano Hernández. They will
be held on the dates of May 4 and 11, 2019.
On these tours, we will get a closer look at a series of key female figures in the history of Cordoba (more specifically, from the ninth century to the fifteenth century), and learn more about their social, cultural, political and economic contributions during the era of Al-Andalus. The goal of these tours is to highlight the important role played by women in different sectors of Cordoba’s society. Their life stories will be told along with the inestimable legacy they left behind: “their steps towards equality.”
During the tour, we will visit several spaces related with the lives of these women, many of which are emblematic sites forming part of our city’s historical heritage. They are all women who stood out as exceptional individuals: Lubna, Shifa, Ayab, Soraya, Muryán, Zayda, Subh Umm Wallad, Tarub, Aixa, Wallada. And we will also learn more about several trades held exclusively by women, which were decisive in enriching the city of Cordoba in every realm of life: social, cultural, political, and so on. These women performed work as copyists, secretaries, musicians, singers, poets, seamstresses, weavers, and more.
The tour will include places like Casa Árabe, the Rey Heredia Cultural Center (in the former Convent of Santa Clara), Calle Alfayatas, the Sabat Gate, the Caliph’s Baths and the Statue of Lovers at the Campo Santo de los Mártires.
Illustration: ¿Acaso fuiste un sueño? (Could You Have Been a Dream?) Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (c) Carmen López Rey http://www.carmen-lopez-rey.com
During the tour, we will visit several spaces related with the lives of these women, many of which are emblematic sites forming part of our city’s historical heritage. They are all women who stood out as exceptional individuals: Lubna, Shifa, Ayab, Soraya, Muryán, Zayda, Subh Umm Wallad, Tarub, Aixa, Wallada. And we will also learn more about several trades held exclusively by women, which were decisive in enriching the city of Cordoba in every realm of life: social, cultural, political, and so on. These women performed work as copyists, secretaries, musicians, singers, poets, seamstresses, weavers, and more.
The tour will include places like Casa Árabe, the Rey Heredia Cultural Center (in the former Convent of Santa Clara), Calle Alfayatas, the Sabat Gate, the Caliph’s Baths and the Statue of Lovers at the Campo Santo de los Mártires.
Illustration: ¿Acaso fuiste un sueño? (Could You Have Been a Dream?) Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (c) Carmen López Rey http://www.carmen-lopez-rey.com
