The Jewish Quarter

It is popularly called Barrio blanco (white quarter), and it was the centre of the Jewish colony that lived in Cordoba during the Middle Ages. It was also an intellectual point when Scientists, Philosophers and Poets arrived to the Caliphal Court. As a result of its narrow and winding streets, there are whitewashed houses around a courtyard.

Other important monuments of the Jewish quarter are the Plaza de Juda Leví, where we can find the Casa de Cristal (Glass House); the Plaza del Cardenal Salazar, or the Plazuela Maimónides, the man who drove the Jewish thinking to reach its major splendour during the XII Century