The caliph’s palace sits atop ... She offers private tours in Cordoba on ToursByLocals. Offering stunning views, complete privacy and a rich history, the hotel is conveniently near a bus ...

Under Islamic rule, Cordoba was the capital of a caliphate with 250,000 inhabitants. Today, it is still a gem of a city, with much evidence of Moorish times. As Holy Week gets under way ...

The Caliphate city of Medina Azahara is an archaeological site of a city built in the mid-10th century CE by the Umayyad dynasty as the seat of the Caliphate of Cordoba. After prospering for several ...

CÓRDOBA, Spain The great mosque of Córdoba was begun by the Muslim caliphs in the eighth century, its forest of pillars and red-and-white striped arches meant to convey a powerful sense of ...

It became the capital of the emirate depending on Damascus in the 8th century. In 929, Abderraman III established it as the headquarters of the independent Caliphate. Cordoba’s period of greatest ...

Queen Toda approached Córdoba’s great ruler, the caliph ’Abd al-Rahman III, with two bold requests: help with a cure for her grandson’s morbid obesity and military support to regain the throne.

The Alcazar of the Caliphs, a fortress and a palace, stood by the bank of the river Guadalquivir next to the Great Mosque containing a forest of arches. The two structures towered like goliaths ...

But these were often loosely applied or unenforced, and there certainly was a period under the Caliphate of Córdoba where there was general interfaith tolerance and saw a flourishing of learning ...

Noor’s dining room. Photograph by David Egui The restaurant’s aesthetic is inspired by the former Caliphate of Córdoba, with plates featuring Islamic geometric designs like those found across ...

Like all golden ages, the Golden Age of Spain would not last long. In the 12th century, the tolerant caliphs of Córdoba were overthrown by the Almohades, a fanatical Muslim tribe from North Africa.