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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...
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Sephardic Museum in Cordoba

La Casa de Sefarad is a small museum in Cordoba dedicated to the 200,000 Jews who once lived in the Iberian peninsula. Their exile by Queen Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon in 1492 meant not only their religions but many customs and religious items went with them and were practically lost for over 500 years.

They were called Sephardic Jews as Sefarad was the Hebrew name for Spain. The museum, La Casa de Sefarad, is in a small 14th century building in the heart of Cordoba´s Jewish quarter. Today there are around a dozen members but no rabbi. The nearby synagogue, built in 1315, and the only remaining one in Andalusia worship services are still held. The other two remaining synagagues are in Toledo.

On display are objects used for worship and traditional purposes which belonged to the Sephardic Jews of the diaspora which tell of the Spanish Jews' customs, celebrations, food and music.

Found in the Jewry quarter of Cordoba where there is also an interesting Silver Museum.





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