Córdoba, a city of artisans

Craftsmanship has always been of great importance in Córdoba, as can be testified by the title granted to the historical town centre of Córdoba in 2014: Area of Craft Interest by the Regional Government of Andalusia. Here there are numerous workshops producing ceramics, Cordobes hats, caliphal silverware, textile prints, objects made of papier mâché, guitars and stringed instruments, caliphal ceramics, leather goods and imagery.

Leather is the raw material for those using guadamecíes and Cordoban techniques consisting of embossed, modelled and polychrome tanned leather with both classical and contemporary designs. Today this magnificent tradition is preserved by a number of family workshops whose creations can be admired in the Guadamecí Umayyad House.

Jewellery is one of the main and most productive economic activities in the city. Together with Cordoba filigree, which consists of soldering gold or silver threads to a metallic structure to make a figure, and the workshops of gold- and silver-smiths making religious articles, you will also modern jewellery with innovative designs and a strong personality. The Cordoba Jewellery Park has its own museum, and produces 70% of the jewellery made in Spain and exports it throughout the country and the world.

The traditional and most characteristic handicrafts include the manufacture of the well-known Cordobes hats, which are so popular in Andalusia's fairs. They are made of felt, with a wide flat brim and a low cylindrical crown, and this very personal design makes them clearly recognisable. In the city of Córdoba you will find one of the few remaining hatter's workshops in Spain, Sombrerería Miranda, where they still use the same tools they used in the 19th century.