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Neighborhood Attractions In Cordoba

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Córdoba , also called Cordova in English, is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. It was a Roman settlement, then colonized by Muslim armies in the eighth century. It became the capital of the Islamic Emirate, and then of the Caliphate of Córdoba, including most of the Iberian Peninsula. During this period, it became a centre of education and learning, and by the 10th cenutry had grown to possibly the largest city in Europe. It was recaptured by Christian forces in 1236, during the Reconquista. Today, Córdoba is still home to many notable pieces of Moorish architecture such as the Mezquita, which was name...
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  • 1. Jewish Quarter (Juderia) Cordoba
    In the Jewish diaspora, a Jewish quarter is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe, were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding Christian authorities. A Yiddish term for a Jewish quarter or neighborhood is Di yiddishe gas , or The Jewish quarter. While in Ladino, they are known as maalé yahudí, meaning The Jewish quarter. Many European and Middle Eastern cities once had a historical Jewish quarter and some still have it. Jewish quarters in Europe existed for a number of reasons. In some cases, Christian authorities wished to segregate Jews from the Christian population so that Christians would not be contaminated by them or so as to put psychological pressure on Jews to convert to Christiani...
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