Casa de Sefarad

A museum of the culture and people of Sephardic (Iberian) Judaism housed in a 14th-century building. Rooms arranged around a courtyard contain different exhibits about the history of Judaism in the city: domestic life ; the role of important women in Jewish history and culture ; the Jewish festivals ; history of the Jewish quarter that once surrounded the Synagogue; Sephardic music and songs. Other rooms contain an exhibit devoted to the great Rabbinical thinker and writer Maimonides (born in Córdoba before his family moved to Egypt and then Palestine), the impact of the Inquisition on Jewish culture (forcing into exile or hiding those Jews who were not killed outright), and the survival of fragments of Jewish culture in Crypto-Judaism (secret practice of some Jewish rituals by descendants of Jews forcibly converted to Christianity). There is a small gift shop. A guided tour is highly recommended.

Source: Wikivoyage, „Córdoba (city, Spain)“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 4/28/2023