Casa Árabe

Casa Árabe is a consortium formed

by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Cooperation and the Spanish Agency

for International Development, the autonomous

communities of Madrid and Andalusia and the

town councils of Madrid and Cordoba. It is run by

a Governing Board and a General Directorship.

Its High Board of Trustees is presided over by

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.

The main goals of Casa Árabe, with

headquarters in Madrid and Cordoba, are to

strengthen bilateral and multilateral policies, to

promote economical, cultural and educational

relations, as well as supporting the develop-

ment of training and knowledge on the Arab

and Muslim world. Casa Árabe wants to be a

place of mutual knowledge and shared reflec-

tion: a meeting point.

The logo of Casa Árabe, which evokes the c

of “casa-home” is also a stylized version of the

Arabic letter ayn, the initial of the word arabi,

“Arab”.

The Cordoba headquarTers

Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba

is known as the Casa Mudéjar building,

which comprises five different houses

linked by galleries, passages and stairways,

with three courtyards and a tower. The original

building dates from the 14th century, although

most of the present structures belong to the

15th and 16th centuries. It is located in the

southern area of Cordoba’s historic centre, near

the Mosque-Cathedral, within the area declared

a World Heritage Site.

National Heritage has handed over this histor-

ic building to Casa Árabe as its headquarters

in Cordoba and the restoration and adaptation

works of the Casa Mudéjar to host Casa Árabe

have been awarded the “World Heritage Cities

Award” 2011 by the Ministry of Culture.

+ 34 957 498 413

www.casaarabe.es

C/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 · 14003 Córdoba

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Media Library. It is a multimedia centre

specialised in contemporary Arab

cinema and culture, as well as in re-

sources related to the Arab world’s politics and

society. Open to the public, it has a bibliogra-

phic collection of reference works, in addition to

sound and video archives.

Auditorium and Cinema. With capacity for

100 people, this is a dual-use space adaptable

for conferences and film shows.

Exhibition room. It is an area designed to

show exhibitions and artistic installations.

Meeting rooms. Multipurpose spaces for

seminars, forums and small courses.

Patios. The headquarter comprises three

courtyards for outdoor activities.

Cafeteria. It is located in the old stables of

the House with self-service machines.

Premises to be hired. The different spaces

within Casa Árabe can be hired to organize

meetings, workshops, cultural events and so on.

Website. www.casaarabe.es

Casa Árabe’s website offers detailed informa-

tion on the whole range of activities which are

organized and announced by the institution. It

is also a reference site of different resources

available online, on economics and business, on

Arabic language and on Arab countries’ contem-

porary culture and socio-political latest news.

CORDOBA

Casa Árabe

Casa Árabe is a consortium formed

by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Cooperation and the Spanish Agency

for International Development, the autonomous

communities of Madrid and Andalusia and the

town councils of Madrid and Cordoba. It is run by

a Governing Board and a General Directorship.

Its High Board of Trustees is presided over by

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.

The main goals of Casa Árabe, with

headquarters in Madrid and Cordoba, are to

strengthen bilateral and multilateral policies, to

promote economical, cultural and educational

relations, as well as supporting the develop-

ment of training and knowledge on the Arab

and Muslim world. Casa Árabe wants to be a

place of mutual knowledge and shared reflec-

tion: a meeting point.

The logo of Casa Árabe, which evokes the c

of “casa-home” is also a stylized version of the

Arabic letter ayn, the initial of the word arabi,

“Arab”.

The Cordoba headquarTers

Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba

is known as the Casa Mudéjar building,

which comprises five different houses

linked by galleries, passages and stairways,

with three courtyards and a tower. The original

building dates from the 14th century, although

most of the present structures belong to the

15th and 16th centuries. It is located in the

southern area of Cordoba’s historic centre, near

the Mosque-Cathedral, within the area declared

a World Heritage Site.

National Heritage has handed over this histor-

ic building to Casa Árabe as its headquarters

in Cordoba and the restoration and adaptation

works of the Casa Mudéjar to host Casa Árabe

have been awarded the “World Heritage Cities

Award” 2011 by the Ministry of Culture.

+ 34 957 498 413

www.casaarabe.es

C/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 · 14003 Córdoba

Casa Árabe is a ConsorTium Comprising:

meZqUiTa-CaTedraL

guadaLquiVir

1. Meeting rooM2. Patio with Mudéjar arcade3. exhibition rooM and Plasterwork of the late 14th century4. auditoriuM5. Media library

3 4 51 2

Dep

ósi

to L

egal

CO

-975

-201

2

serViCes and WebsiTe

Media Library. It is a multimedia centre

specialised in contemporary Arab

cinema and culture, as well as in re-

sources related to the Arab world’s politics and

society. Open to the public, it has a bibliogra-

phic collection of reference works, in addition to

sound and video archives.

Auditorium and Cinema. With capacity for

100 people, this is a dual-use space adaptable

for conferences and film shows.

Exhibition room. It is an area designed to

show exhibitions and artistic installations.

Meeting rooms. Multipurpose spaces for

seminars, forums and small courses.

Patios. The headquarter comprises three

courtyards for outdoor activities.

Cafeteria. It is located in the old stables of

the House with self-service machines.

Premises to be hired. The different spaces

within Casa Árabe can be hired to organize

meetings, workshops, cultural events and so on.

Website. www.casaarabe.es

Casa Árabe’s website offers detailed informa-

tion on the whole range of activities which are

organized and announced by the institution. It

is also a reference site of different resources

available online, on economics and business, on

Arabic language and on Arab countries’ contem-

porary culture and socio-political latest news.

CORDOBA

Casa Árabe

Casa Árabe is a consortium formed

by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Cooperation and the Spanish Agency

for International Development, the autonomous

communities of Madrid and Andalusia and the

town councils of Madrid and Cordoba. It is run by

a Governing Board and a General Directorship.

Its High Board of Trustees is presided over by

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.

The main goals of Casa Árabe, with

headquarters in Madrid and Cordoba, are to

strengthen bilateral and multilateral policies, to

promote economical, cultural and educational

relations, as well as supporting the develop-

ment of training and knowledge on the Arab

and Muslim world. Casa Árabe wants to be a

place of mutual knowledge and shared reflec-

tion: a meeting point.

The logo of Casa Árabe, which evokes the c

of “casa-home” is also a stylized version of the

Arabic letter ayn, the initial of the word arabi,

“Arab”.

The Cordoba headquarTers

Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba

is known as the Casa Mudéjar building,

which comprises five different houses

linked by galleries, passages and stairways,

with three courtyards and a tower. The original

building dates from the 14th century, although

most of the present structures belong to the

15th and 16th centuries. It is located in the

southern area of Cordoba’s historic centre, near

the Mosque-Cathedral, within the area declared

a World Heritage Site.

National Heritage has handed over this histor-

ic building to Casa Árabe as its headquarters

in Cordoba and the restoration and adaptation

works of the Casa Mudéjar to host Casa Árabe

have been awarded the “World Heritage Cities

Award” 2011 by the Ministry of Culture.

+ 34 957 498 413

www.casaarabe.es

C/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 · 14003 Córdoba

Casa Árabe is a ConsorTium Comprising:

meZqUiTa-CaTedraL

guadaLquiVir

1. Meeting rooM2. Patio with Mudéjar arcade3. exhibition rooM and Plasterwork of the late 14th century4. auditoriuM5. Media library

3 4 51 2

Dep

ósi

to L

egal

CO

-975

-201

2

serViCes and WebsiTe

Media Library. It is a multimedia centre

specialised in contemporary Arab

cinema and culture, as well as in re-

sources related to the Arab world’s politics and

society. Open to the public, it has a bibliogra-

phic collection of reference works, in addition to

sound and video archives.

Auditorium and Cinema. With capacity for

100 people, this is a dual-use space adaptable

for conferences and film shows.

Exhibition room. It is an area designed to

show exhibitions and artistic installations.

Meeting rooms. Multipurpose spaces for

seminars, forums and small courses.

Patios. The headquarter comprises three

courtyards for outdoor activities.

Cafeteria. It is located in the old stables of

the House with self-service machines.

Premises to be hired. The different spaces

within Casa Árabe can be hired to organize

meetings, workshops, cultural events and so on.

Website. www.casaarabe.es

Casa Árabe’s website offers detailed informa-

tion on the whole range of activities which are

organized and announced by the institution. It

is also a reference site of different resources

available online, on economics and business, on

Arabic language and on Arab countries’ contem-

porary culture and socio-political latest news.

CORDOBA

The Casa mudéjar

Certain cities have a soul, are homes

to memories, mythical places in the

collective imagination. These cities

have their own paradigms that permeate into

world consciousness. Cordoba is one of these

places, a living organism shaped over centuries

by different spaces that intertwine to create an

identity of meeting points.

One of these spaces is this house, an

impression that survives time, opening its front

door to take us into a complex world of large

rooms and split-level patios, interlinked by pas-

sageways, covered balconies and stairwells.

Half hidden at the back of the ancient Calle

del Tesorero (today Calle Samuel de los Santos

Gener), and close to the Aljama Mosque, this

house is the result of the joining of five houses

and four courtyards built between the 14th and

15th centuries. Its original structure and layout is

still intact, important remnants of Mudéjar

domestic and feudal architecture, the abode

of important families in Cordoba, such as the

Venegas and Córdoba families.

Its courtyards are a reflection of the plaza,

meeting points that are the transition between

public and private space, and one of Cordoba’s

main charms.

Beyond its Baroque facade, with its stone

support for mounting horses, we delve into a

covered stone passageway that takes you into

the first patio, where the stables and coach

houses are found. Here, a triple Mudéjar arcade

with octagonal pillars overlooks a renaissance

fountain with a figurehead. The next patio,

connected to the previous by the landing of

the main stairway, is the most important and

preserves the oldest remnants of the past; in

the centre there is a tiled fountain and a well in

front of the house’s main room, accessed from

a portico with semi-circular arches held by Ca-

liph shafts and capitals that pre-date the house

due to the reused materials they are made

from. In this area the ceilings catch the eye: in

the covered balcony the ceiling is made from

plaster that imitates wood, and the one that

covers the main room is decorated with organic

and geometric features and has arches with

the coat of arms of the Venegas and Córdoba

families. This part of the house, based on Cal-

iph palace constructions, reflects the influence

of Islamic architecture in this period and what

really makes it unique is the plasterwork on the

front door (late quarter of the 14th century).

Through a covered balcony there is another

interior courtyard with a trough, accessed from

the main courtyard, with an intriguing kitchen

on the upper floor equipped with a stove and

a tiled bell-shaped chimney. On the upper

floor there is also another of the house’s large

rooms (probably a bedchamber) decorated

with a series of painted murals from the end of

the 15th century, which are the work of Pedro

Romana and Pedro Fernández and one of the

finest displays of the scant remains of painting

from this time period found in the city. Among

the geometric decor and tracery the coat of

arms of the Córdoba and Carrillo families are

visible alongside the human figures identified

as a representation of virtues (Faith, Charity,

Strength, Prudence, and Justice).

Thus the house maintains a large part of

its original architectural structures despite its

different uses throughout the centuries: palace,

living quarters, the home of the Archaeological

Museum of Cordoba between 1923 and 1959

and the project for ethnological museum in the

Eighties as well as being used as administrative

and cultural offices in the Nineties.

Today, converted into the home of Casa

Árabe, with three courtyards, an exhibition

space, assembly room, meeting rooms,

seminar rooms and offices, the house is still a

vibrant space inhabited by memory, and from

within its four walls it will continue to work to

project this memory into the future.

With the mix of remains from the 13th century,

Mudéjar, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque...

this unique space is a simple reflection of the

city of Cordoba: a mix of races, diversity, multi-

culturalism and meeting points.

Our past and heritage is not a hollow stage,

but a living organism that continues to make

history and project these values out into the

world from places such as the Casa Mudéjar.

1. Patio of the fountain 2. alfarje3. stables4. Patio of the trough 5, 6 & 7 Mudéjar Paintings of the 15th century

1 2

3

54

6 7

lateral front

M.ª Dolores Baena Alcántaradirector of the archaeological MuseuM of cordoba

The Casa mudéjar

Certain cities have a soul, are homes

to memories, mythical places in the

collective imagination. These cities

have their own paradigms that permeate into

world consciousness. Cordoba is one of these

places, a living organism shaped over centuries

by different spaces that intertwine to create an

identity of meeting points.

One of these spaces is this house, an

impression that survives time, opening its front

door to take us into a complex world of large

rooms and split-level patios, interlinked by pas-

sageways, covered balconies and stairwells.

Half hidden at the back of the ancient Calle

del Tesorero (today Calle Samuel de los Santos

Gener), and close to the Aljama Mosque, this

house is the result of the joining of five houses

and four courtyards built between the 14th and

15th centuries. Its original structure and layout is

still intact, important remnants of Mudéjar

domestic and feudal architecture, the abode

of important families in Cordoba, such as the

Venegas and Córdoba families.

Its courtyards are a reflection of the plaza,

meeting points that are the transition between

public and private space, and one of Cordoba’s

main charms.

Beyond its Baroque facade, with its stone

support for mounting horses, we delve into a

covered stone passageway that takes you into

the first patio, where the stables and coach

houses are found. Here, a triple Mudéjar arcade

with octagonal pillars overlooks a renaissance

fountain with a figurehead. The next patio,

connected to the previous by the landing of

the main stairway, is the most important and

preserves the oldest remnants of the past; in

the centre there is a tiled fountain and a well in

front of the house’s main room, accessed from

a portico with semi-circular arches held by Ca-

liph shafts and capitals that pre-date the house

due to the reused materials they are made

from. In this area the ceilings catch the eye: in

the covered balcony the ceiling is made from

plaster that imitates wood, and the one that

covers the main room is decorated with organic

and geometric features and has arches with

the coat of arms of the Venegas and Córdoba

families. This part of the house, based on Cal-

iph palace constructions, reflects the influence

of Islamic architecture in this period and what

really makes it unique is the plasterwork on the

front door (late quarter of the 14th century).

Through a covered balcony there is another

interior courtyard with a trough, accessed from

the main courtyard, with an intriguing kitchen

on the upper floor equipped with a stove and

a tiled bell-shaped chimney. On the upper

floor there is also another of the house’s large

rooms (probably a bedchamber) decorated

with a series of painted murals from the end of

the 15th century, which are the work of Pedro

Romana and Pedro Fernández and one of the

finest displays of the scant remains of painting

from this time period found in the city. Among

the geometric decor and tracery the coat of

arms of the Córdoba and Carrillo families are

visible alongside the human figures identified

as a representation of virtues (Faith, Charity,

Strength, Prudence, and Justice).

Thus the house maintains a large part of

its original architectural structures despite its

different uses throughout the centuries: palace,

living quarters, the home of the Archaeological

Museum of Cordoba between 1923 and 1959

and the project for ethnological museum in the

Eighties as well as being used as administrative

and cultural offices in the Nineties.

Today, converted into the home of Casa

Árabe, with three courtyards, an exhibition

space, assembly room, meeting rooms,

seminar rooms and offices, the house is still a

vibrant space inhabited by memory, and from

within its four walls it will continue to work to

project this memory into the future.

With the mix of remains from the 13th century,

Mudéjar, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque...

this unique space is a simple reflection of the

city of Cordoba: a mix of races, diversity, multi-

culturalism and meeting points.

Our past and heritage is not a hollow stage,

but a living organism that continues to make

history and project these values out into the

world from places such as the Casa Mudéjar.

1. Patio of the fountain 2. alfarje3. stables4. Patio of the trough 5, 6 & 7 Mudéjar Paintings of the 15th century

1 2

3

54

6 7

lateral front

M.ª Dolores Baena Alcántaradirector of the archaeological MuseuM of cordoba

The Casa mudéjar

Certain cities have a soul, are homes

to memories, mythical places in the

collective imagination. These cities

have their own paradigms that permeate into

world consciousness. Cordoba is one of these

places, a living organism shaped over centuries

by different spaces that intertwine to create an

identity of meeting points.

One of these spaces is this house, an

impression that survives time, opening its front

door to take us into a complex world of large

rooms and split-level patios, interlinked by pas-

sageways, covered balconies and stairwells.

Half hidden at the back of the ancient Calle

del Tesorero (today Calle Samuel de los Santos

Gener), and close to the Aljama Mosque, this

house is the result of the joining of five houses

and four courtyards built between the 14th and

15th centuries. Its original structure and layout is

still intact, important remnants of Mudéjar

domestic and feudal architecture, the abode

of important families in Cordoba, such as the

Venegas and Córdoba families.

Its courtyards are a reflection of the plaza,

meeting points that are the transition between

public and private space, and one of Cordoba’s

main charms.

Beyond its Baroque facade, with its stone

support for mounting horses, we delve into a

covered stone passageway that takes you into

the first patio, where the stables and coach

houses are found. Here, a triple Mudéjar arcade

with octagonal pillars overlooks a renaissance

fountain with a figurehead. The next patio,

connected to the previous by the landing of

the main stairway, is the most important and

preserves the oldest remnants of the past; in

the centre there is a tiled fountain and a well in

front of the house’s main room, accessed from

a portico with semi-circular arches held by Ca-

liph shafts and capitals that pre-date the house

due to the reused materials they are made

from. In this area the ceilings catch the eye: in

the covered balcony the ceiling is made from

plaster that imitates wood, and the one that

covers the main room is decorated with organic

and geometric features and has arches with

the coat of arms of the Venegas and Córdoba

families. This part of the house, based on Cal-

iph palace constructions, reflects the influence

of Islamic architecture in this period and what

really makes it unique is the plasterwork on the

front door (late quarter of the 14th century).

Through a covered balcony there is another

interior courtyard with a trough, accessed from

the main courtyard, with an intriguing kitchen

on the upper floor equipped with a stove and

a tiled bell-shaped chimney. On the upper

floor there is also another of the house’s large

rooms (probably a bedchamber) decorated

with a series of painted murals from the end of

the 15th century, which are the work of Pedro

Romana and Pedro Fernández and one of the

finest displays of the scant remains of painting

from this time period found in the city. Among

the geometric decor and tracery the coat of

arms of the Córdoba and Carrillo families are

visible alongside the human figures identified

as a representation of virtues (Faith, Charity,

Strength, Prudence, and Justice).

Thus the house maintains a large part of

its original architectural structures despite its

different uses throughout the centuries: palace,

living quarters, the home of the Archaeological

Museum of Cordoba between 1923 and 1959

and the project for ethnological museum in the

Eighties as well as being used as administrative

and cultural offices in the Nineties.

Today, converted into the home of Casa

Árabe, with three courtyards, an exhibition

space, assembly room, meeting rooms,

seminar rooms and offices, the house is still a

vibrant space inhabited by memory, and from

within its four walls it will continue to work to

project this memory into the future.

With the mix of remains from the 13th century,

Mudéjar, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque...

this unique space is a simple reflection of the

city of Cordoba: a mix of races, diversity, multi-

culturalism and meeting points.

Our past and heritage is not a hollow stage,

but a living organism that continues to make

history and project these values out into the

world from places such as the Casa Mudéjar.

1. Patio of the fountain 2. alfarje3. stables4. Patio of the trough 5, 6 & 7 Mudéjar Paintings of the 15th century

1 2

3

54

6 7

lateral front

M.ª Dolores Baena Alcántaradirector of the archaeological MuseuM of cordoba

The Casa mudéjar

Certain cities have a soul, are homes

to memories, mythical places in the

collective imagination. These cities

have their own paradigms that permeate into

world consciousness. Cordoba is one of these

places, a living organism shaped over centuries

by different spaces that intertwine to create an

identity of meeting points.

One of these spaces is this house, an

impression that survives time, opening its front

door to take us into a complex world of large

rooms and split-level patios, interlinked by pas-

sageways, covered balconies and stairwells.

Half hidden at the back of the ancient Calle

del Tesorero (today Calle Samuel de los Santos

Gener), and close to the Aljama Mosque, this

house is the result of the joining of five houses

and four courtyards built between the 14th and

15th centuries. Its original structure and layout is

still intact, important remnants of Mudéjar

domestic and feudal architecture, the abode

of important families in Cordoba, such as the

Venegas and Córdoba families.

Its courtyards are a reflection of the plaza,

meeting points that are the transition between

public and private space, and one of Cordoba’s

main charms.

Beyond its Baroque facade, with its stone

support for mounting horses, we delve into a

covered stone passageway that takes you into

the first patio, where the stables and coach

houses are found. Here, a triple Mudéjar arcade

with octagonal pillars overlooks a renaissance

fountain with a figurehead. The next patio,

connected to the previous by the landing of

the main stairway, is the most important and

preserves the oldest remnants of the past; in

the centre there is a tiled fountain and a well in

front of the house’s main room, accessed from

a portico with semi-circular arches held by Ca-

liph shafts and capitals that pre-date the house

due to the reused materials they are made

from. In this area the ceilings catch the eye: in

the covered balcony the ceiling is made from

plaster that imitates wood, and the one that

covers the main room is decorated with organic

and geometric features and has arches with

the coat of arms of the Venegas and Córdoba

families. This part of the house, based on Cal-

iph palace constructions, reflects the influence

of Islamic architecture in this period and what

really makes it unique is the plasterwork on the

front door (late quarter of the 14th century).

Through a covered balcony there is another

interior courtyard with a trough, accessed from

the main courtyard, with an intriguing kitchen

on the upper floor equipped with a stove and

a tiled bell-shaped chimney. On the upper

floor there is also another of the house’s large

rooms (probably a bedchamber) decorated

with a series of painted murals from the end of

the 15th century, which are the work of Pedro

Romana and Pedro Fernández and one of the

finest displays of the scant remains of painting

from this time period found in the city. Among

the geometric decor and tracery the coat of

arms of the Córdoba and Carrillo families are

visible alongside the human figures identified

as a representation of virtues (Faith, Charity,

Strength, Prudence, and Justice).

Thus the house maintains a large part of

its original architectural structures despite its

different uses throughout the centuries: palace,

living quarters, the home of the Archaeological

Museum of Cordoba between 1923 and 1959

and the project for ethnological museum in the

Eighties as well as being used as administrative

and cultural offices in the Nineties.

Today, converted into the home of Casa

Árabe, with three courtyards, an exhibition

space, assembly room, meeting rooms,

seminar rooms and offices, the house is still a

vibrant space inhabited by memory, and from

within its four walls it will continue to work to

project this memory into the future.

With the mix of remains from the 13th century,

Mudéjar, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque...

this unique space is a simple reflection of the

city of Cordoba: a mix of races, diversity, multi-

culturalism and meeting points.

Our past and heritage is not a hollow stage,

but a living organism that continues to make

history and project these values out into the

world from places such as the Casa Mudéjar.

1. Patio of the fountain 2. alfarje3. stables4. Patio of the trough 5, 6 & 7 Mudéjar Paintings of the 15th century

1 2

3

54

6 7

lateral front

M.ª Dolores Baena Alcántaradirector of the archaeological MuseuM of cordoba

Casa Árabe

Casa Árabe is a consortium formed

by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Cooperation and the Spanish Agency

for International Development, the autonomous

communities of Madrid and Andalusia and the

town councils of Madrid and Cordoba. It is run by

a Governing Board and a General Directorship.

Its High Board of Trustees is presided over by

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain.

The main goals of Casa Árabe, with

headquarters in Madrid and Cordoba, are to

strengthen bilateral and multilateral policies, to

promote economical, cultural and educational

relations, as well as supporting the develop-

ment of training and knowledge on the Arab

and Muslim world. Casa Árabe wants to be a

place of mutual knowledge and shared reflec-

tion: a meeting point.

The logo of Casa Árabe, which evokes the c

of “casa-home” is also a stylized version of the

Arabic letter ayn, the initial of the word arabi,

“Arab”.

The Cordoba headquarTers

Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba

is known as the Casa Mudéjar building,

which comprises five different houses

linked by galleries, passages and stairways,

with three courtyards and a tower. The original

building dates from the 14th century, although

most of the present structures belong to the

15th and 16th centuries. It is located in the

southern area of Cordoba’s historic centre, near

the Mosque-Cathedral, within the area declared

a World Heritage Site.

National Heritage has handed over this histor-

ic building to Casa Árabe as its headquarters

in Cordoba and the restoration and adaptation

works of the Casa Mudéjar to host Casa Árabe

have been awarded the “World Heritage Cities

Award” 2011 by the Ministry of Culture.

+ 34 957 498 413

www.casaarabe.es

C/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 · 14003 Córdoba

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Media Library. It is a multimedia centre

specialised in contemporary Arab

cinema and culture, as well as in re-

sources related to the Arab world’s politics and

society. Open to the public, it has a bibliogra-

phic collection of reference works, in addition to

sound and video archives.

Auditorium and Cinema. With capacity for

100 people, this is a dual-use space adaptable

for conferences and film shows.

Exhibition room. It is an area designed to

show exhibitions and artistic installations.

Meeting rooms. Multipurpose spaces for

seminars, forums and small courses.

Patios. The headquarter comprises three

courtyards for outdoor activities.

Cafeteria. It is located in the old stables of

the House with self-service machines.

Premises to be hired. The different spaces

within Casa Árabe can be hired to organize

meetings, workshops, cultural events and so on.

Website. www.casaarabe.es

Casa Árabe’s website offers detailed informa-

tion on the whole range of activities which are

organized and announced by the institution. It

is also a reference site of different resources

available online, on economics and business, on

Arabic language and on Arab countries’ contem-

porary culture and socio-political latest news.

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