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A I S U L A D N A N I E T U O R D A Y Y A M U E H T F O P A M A I S U L A D N A N I E T U O R D A Y Y A M U E H T s e . i “UMAYYAD” ENPI PROJECT s u

Information Points l The Routes of a d

“Umayyad” is a project n El legado andalusí a

financed by the European ALGECIRAS o

Patronato Provincial de Turismo de d

Neighbourhood and Oficina de Información Turistica Córdoba a Avda. Villanueva, s/n Plaza de las Tendillas, 5 g From Algeciras to Granada e Tel. 956 581 413 Tel. 957 491 677 l

Partnership Instrument s

a passing through Sevilla and Córdoba

ZUHEROS t (ENPI) within the frame of MEDINA SIDONIA u

Oficina Municipal de Turismo Oficina de Información Turística r Calle Mirador junto a Plaza de la Paz .

Cross-Border Coperation and Calle san Juan - Edificio de la Plaza de Abastos. w Tel. 957 694 545

Tel. 956 412 404 w

led by the El legado andalusí w SEVILLA CARCABUEY Andalusian Public Foundation. It has a network of Oficina de Turismo de la Junta de Andalucía Oficina de Turismo - Aeropuerto de Sevilla. Majadilla, 1 partners in seven countries in the Mediterranean Autopista de San Pablo s/n Tel. 957 704 140 Tel. 954 449 128 PRIEGO DE CÓRDOBA region: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon - Estación de Santa Justa. Avda. Kansas City s/n Oficina Municipal de Turismo and Jordan. Tel. 954 782 002 Plaza de la Constitución, 3 Tel. 957 700 625 Puntos de Información Turística ALCALÁ LA REAL - Castillo de San Jorge The objective of this project is to create a transnational Plaza del Altozano s/n Oficina de Información Turística Tel. 955 471 232 Carrera de las Mercedes s/n tourist itinerary (Umayyad Route) which would also - Costurero de la Reina Tel. 953 582 077 Paseo de las Delicias, 9 ALMUÑÉCAR have specific national routes in each of the partner Tel. 954 234 465 Oficina Municipal de Turismo countries. All of these itineraries would share the Oficinas de Información Turística Avenida Europa, s/n - Palacete de La Najarra - Plaza del Triunfo, 1 Tel. 958 631 125 common denominator of a rich heritage left behind by Tel. 954 210 005 GRANADA the Umayyad dynasty in their period of expansion CARMONA Oficina de Turismo de la Junta de Andalucía Financed by Oficina Municipal de Turismo Plaza Nueva. Santa Ana, 4 along the shores of the Mediterranean. Alcázar de la Puerta de Tel. 958 575 202 Sevilla s/n Tel. 954 190 955 Oficina de Información Turística del Patronato Provincial The action plan for the “Umayyad” Project sets out a ÉCIJA Plaza Mariana Pineda, 10 Oficina Municipal de Turismo Tel. 958 247 128 number of coordinated actions in each of the seven Elvira nº 1ª Edificio Palacio de Benamejí Oficina de Información Turística Municipal countries aimed at offering future tourists a high- Tel. 955 902 933 Plaza del Carmen s/n Tel. 958 248 280 Promoted by quality product range based on a shared cultural CÓRDOBA Oficina de Turismo de la Junta de Andalucía heritage. At the same time, a variety of different Torrijos, 10 Tel. 957 355 179 initiatives related with the Route will be carried out, Consorcio de Turismo de Córdoba such as participation of local tour operators in - Plaza de las Tendillas, s/n, - Estación AVE (Hall llegadas) promotional and publicity events and the involvement - Campo de los Santos Mártires s/n of other tourism and cultural stakeholders. Tel. 902 201 774

All of the actions organized within the framework of this project seek to bring about an improvement in territorial cohesion by means of the creation of a El legado andalusí sustainable cultural tourism itinerary with a Andalusian Public Foundation responsible approach towards the environment, which Pabellón de al-Andalus y la Ciencia - Parque de las Ciencias optimizes the accessibility and connectivity of the Avda. de la Ciencia s/n. 18006 Granada (España) Tel.: + 34 958 225 995 Fax: +34 958 228 644 countries in the Mediterranean basin. [email protected] www.rutaslegadoandalusi.es - www.legadoandalusi.es ALGECIRAS ÉCIJA PRIEGO DE CÓRDOBA

The history This town has remote Throughout history, this of Algeciras origins and it was one of town has always been is a tale of the three main towns of important strategically. ups and Roman Baetica, at the time The historian Ibn al- downs played of al- Andalus, Écija Khatib stated that in 745 out in time flourished and it even the Egyptian soldiers with the became the centre of one of who had entered the bonanza and the countless Taifa Peninsula settled in Bago the conflicts principalities for a very and built fortresses in the Strait brief moment. among the high of Gibraltar and in the relations between the shores of Known as Istiyya in the surrounding hills. Bagub , Europe and Africa. Al-Yazirat al-Khadra , the gateway times of al-Andalus, the the Arabic name for to al-Andalus from Maghrib, was the first city to be city still retains a few Priego, probably grew taken by the Muslims. In times of the emirs and remains from the Umayyad out of one of these caliphs it served as the capital of the “cora”, or period. On the one hand, the church of Santa Cruz, fortresses. In the year provincial circumscription, and maintained a strong where the mosque was presumably located, conserves 889 it became the centre of operations for Ibn trading activity with Maghrib, evidence of which can two inscriptions commemorating the construction of Mastana, one of the leaders of the Muwallad revolt, be found in its busy shipyards. two ablutions fountains, one dated in 930 and the other who proclaimed himself lord of Priego and Luque. After Tariq ibn Zyad disembarked in 711, Algeciras in 977. On the other hand, there are still some remains The town was finally conquered by Alfonso XI and it became a base for Musa’s conquests in Iberia at the of the city walls, dating back to the caliphal period. was not until 1502 when real progress began and a dawn of al-Andalus. It grew quickly with the great many buildings were put up. construction of the walled Medina of the Old Town, a CÓRDOBA great mosque commissioned by Abd al-Rahman I and ALCALÁ LA REAL a fortress for the governor. On the banks of the Guadalquivir, history shows that it was the centre of learning and knowledge. It was MEDINA SIDONIA already of some importance under the Romans; it was This is a village with an essentially Andalusi history. where the philosopher Seneca, was born and it was The first part of its name, as of many other towns, The former Assido with its Phoenician, Roman and the capital of Hispania Ulterior . It became the capital of comes from the Arabic Qalat (castle), which means Visigoth origins, is located on a strategic crossroads the Umayyad Caliphate, where the people of three fortified settlement. It was a frontier town, key to the between the sierra, the plains and the coast. It different cultural traditions lived peacefully together valley of the Guadalquivir and to the fertile plains of acquired importance in the times of al-Andalus, when and contributed to the recovery of the classical Granada and its coat of arms has a key right in the it became the capital of the province with an Arab culture of ancient Greece and retrieved it for Europe middle. It was known to the Iberians and Romans aristocracy and a principally Berber population. through its scholars, such as Averroes and and the Moors lived there for more than six hundred According to Maimonides. Under Abd al-Rahman III, Córdoba years, during which it grew around the fortress. A chronicles of the became the centre of civilization, a bridge between high point in Alcalá's Andalusi past was reached in Almoravid and east and west. the 12 th century. Almohad Its Great Mosque, paradigm of mosques in the periods, Muslim West, is the most glorious expression of what Madinat Saduna once was al-Andalus art and culture. or Abu Salim, Still standing, only a few kilometers from Córdoba, was noted for its are the archaeological site of the palatine city of ramparts, the Madinat al-Zahra. Built to celebrate the Caliphate ’s remains of power, its architecture and decoration contain the which, such as Arco de Pastora or Puerta de Belén, seeds of what would later become Muslim art in al- still evoke its strength. The church of Santa Maria la Andalus and the Muslim West. Al-Zahra was a Coronada embellishes its enchanting town centre. source of inspiration to other kingdoms.

SEVILLA History, scenery, art and atmosphere come ALMUÑÉCAR together in one of the most captivating cities, Al-Munakkab , known where light, air and in Phoenician and colour create a gamut of Roman times as Sexi, sensations on the banks was where Abd al- of the Guadalquivir, ‘big Rahman I landed in river’ in Arabic. It 756. Under his flourished in the times command, the al- of Tartessos and Rome Andalus Umayyad and achieved the rank dynasty began. There of what might be termed is not much left of the medieval city, though the city ´s metropolis in the course ZUHEROS layout still remains many details from the al-Andalus of the nearly 550 years of Arab-Muslim history. period. The castle of San Miguel basically dates from Capital of the city of al-Andalus for a very short time, This is a Moorish town at the foot of a rocky range, Nasrid times. Below it, a statue of Abd al-Rahman I under the name of Isbiliya , still treasures, today, from where it has its name Suhayra which means rock commemorates the historical event of his landing. various monuments from the Umayyad period. Of the in Arabic. The 9 th century castle is perched on top of ancient mosque of Umar Ibn Adabbas (now the one of these enormous rocks. Not far is the Cueva de GRANADA collegiate church of San Salvador), which received los Murciélagos (cave of bats) with cave paintings the faithful from 829 to 1182, we can still see part of and an outstanding vantage point over this Granada captivates the visitor through the its minaret, possibly the oldest in al-Andalus, and two extraordinary landscape. enchantment irradiated by the palace fortress and galleries of the Orange-tree courtyard, though greatly constitutes one of the most valued treasures of transformed, as well as being able to deduce to some mankind. extent its size and orientation. The last capital of al-Andalus embraces one of the most important ensembles of Islamic architecture in the Iberian Peninsula, with the remains of walls, CARMONA gateways, mosques, houses, palaces and, of course, its most precious treasure, the Alhambra, symbol and Already existing in the Ibero-Roman period, when it apotheosis of al-Andalus culture. Granada is certainly was known as Carmo , this town in the Sevilla the best example of Muslim culture ’s contribution to countryside has 11th-century mosque, if we go by the the West. arches in the orange-tree courtyard of the convent In emiral and caliphal period, Madinat Ilbira was the church of Santa María. This work must be the most important urban settlement in the cora of Ilbira. reconstruction of a previous mosque from the times of Its residents left it and they founded Granada. the emirs, apparent in the characteristics of partially CARCABUEY The Alhambra was a palace city built on the remains preserved minaret. of previous fortifications by the Nasrids as the Furthermore, the Seville Gate must have had a new Settled in the location of their court. arch added in the front of the original Roman ones limits of the during the caliphate period. The family of the great Subbeticas writer and historian, Ibn Khaldun, were from Carmona. mountain ranges, this town from Córdoba has been marked by the passage of numerous civilizations due to its condition of frontier town. Karkabul , the ancient Arab designation that means mountain pass, is towered by the parish church of La Asunción and by a medieval castle.