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A unique narrative that combines historical analysis with reflections on cultural heritage.
History of the Jews and the Jewish Quarter of Córdoba takes readers on a journey through the places where they lived, from the hypothetical al- Andalus Jewish quarter to other sites frequented by the Jews of Córdoba.
After the Christian conquest of 1236, a new and repopulated Jewish quarter emerged, whose community revolved around the synagogue, and which would endure the dramatic events of the 1391 pogrom and the 1474 anti-convert riot, before their expulsion from the city in 1483.
Focusing on the splendor of Córdoba, capital of al-Andalus, the House of Sciences , it also explores the figures who, like Maimonides, contributed to the Spanish-Jewish Golden Age—a hub of cultural influence that would find its continuation in the poetic and scientific vitality of Lucena.
But this work also invites us to understand the Jewish quarter and the Synagogue of Córdoba—one of the three existing on the Peninsula and among the first monuments protected by law—where layers of coexistence, conflict, and memory overlap, and whose history, far from being local, is the history of Spain, the Mediterranean, and Europe.
Holds dual master s degrees in Architecture and Heritage, as well as a bachelor s degree in Geography and History. She is a scholar and researcher specializing in the historical connections between al-Andalus, Sepharad, and the Arab world, and a member of the Network of Experts in Cultural Heritage and the Spanish Society for Arab Studies. She has authored more than a dozen publications, including El legado de al Ándalus. La herencia andalusí y morisca en el Magreb (2017), considered one of the most significant books in its genre in Spain by the magazine La Aventura de la Historia, and Los Sabios de Qurtuba (2024). As the author of the bid dossier that led to Córdoba s designation as the Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue in 2027, she continues to give lectures and contribute to various popular and specialized magazines. Her historical-literary blog, El Diván de Nur, has received over 140,000 visitors from different countries.
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