About Umayyad state of Córdoba
The Emirate of Córdoba, and from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of the Iberian Peninsula (known to Muslims as al-Andalus), the Balearic Islands, and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba (at the time Qurṭubah). From 756 it was ruled as an independent emirate until Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself as caliph in 929. The state was founded by Abd al-Rahman I, an Umayyad prince who fled the defeat and persecution of the Umayyad clan in Syria following the Abbasid revolution. The polity flourished for nearly three centuries, before disintegrating in the early 11th century during the Fitna of al-Andalus, a civil war between the descendants of caliph Hisham II and the successors of his hajib (court official), Almanzor.
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Things to see nearby
- Historic centre of Córdoba
- Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
- Hospital de San Sebastián
- Diocese of Córdoba
- Episcopal Palace, Cordoba
- Alcázar of the Caliphs (Córdoba)
- San Bartolomé, Córdoba
- Puerta del Puente
- Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Córdoba
- Córdoba Synagogue
- Caliphal Baths
- Córdoba Conservatory
- Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos
- Albolafia