Scholars, libraries and science

Historical context

Averroes (Ibn Rushd), Maimonides, al-Zahrawi (father of surgery) and Hasday Ibn Shaprut worked here. Libraries, schools and translations from Greek and Arabic fed later Europe.

What remains today

Statues, plaques and museums in the Jewish Quarter recall these scholars.

Tips for the visitor

Visit Casa de Sefarad and the Maimonides statue.

Related places

Jewish Quarter

White streets, blue flowers and corners full of history.

Synagogue of Córdoba

One of the three medieval synagogues of Spain.