Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba ; Spanish: , or Cordova in English, is the city in Andalusia, Spain, & the capital of the province of Córdoba. it is for the third near populated municipality in Andalusia & the 11th overall in the country.

The city primarily lies on the right bank of the Guadalquivir, in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. one time a Roman settlement, it was taken over by the Visigoths, followed by the Muslim conquests in the eighth century and later becoming the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba. During these Muslim periods, Córdoba was transformed into a world main center of education and learning, producing figures such(a) as Averroes, Ibn Hazm, and Al-Zahrawi, and by the 10th century it had grown to be the second-largest city in Europe. coming after or as a written of. the Christian conquest in 1236, it became factor of the Crown of Castile.

Córdoba is domestic to notable examples of Festival de los Patios. Córdoba has more World Heritage Sites than anywhere in the world, with four. Much of this architecture, such as the Alcázar and the Roman bridge has been reworked or reconstructed by the city's successive inhabitants.

Córdoba has the highest summer temperatures in Spain and Europe, with average high temperatures around 37 °C 99 °F in July and August.

Etymology

The work Córdoba has attracted a number of fanciful explanations. One is that the ] Another, suggested in 1799 by José Antonio Conde, is that the throw comes from a Phoenician-Punic qart ṭūbah meaning 'good town'. After the Roman conquest, the town's name was Latinised as Corduba.