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CBN.Almost 100,000 tourists, both Spanish and international, visited Córdoba this April according to the data retreived by the Hospitality Booking Poll (EOH) of the National Institute of Statistics (INE). This statistic has brought Córdoba to the forefront of hotel occupancy in April, trailing only behind Benidorm, Seville, and Adeje (Tenerife).

The exact number of tourists has been 98,692 and the volume of overnight stays has risen to 149,958. This accounts for a 24% growth in tourists compared with April of 2013, making it the highest figure in the last ten years. The April Holy Week celebration has pushed the numbers past historical records.

In the first quarter of 2014, the total number of tourists that have arrived to Córdoba grew to 274,566 accounting for 419,542 nightstays in hotels.

With respect to the Autonomous Community, Andalusia has been one of the main destinations for travelers who reside in Spain in the month of April, with annual variation rates in the number of overnight stays of 21.0% Again the April Holy Week, the good weather and the opening of beaches and “chiringuitos” have made Andalusia one of the preferred destinations for tourists this past month.

Medina Azahara

Scott McLain. The exhibit Nur: Light in the Islamic Arts and Sciences which will take place until June 24th consists of magnificent window latticework from the 10th century, 1.77 metres tall in white marble worked on both sides with laced geometric motifs and shadows. Each shows a careful use of intense contrast between light and shadow which comes from the Arqueological Museum. Its style and carving are related to those worked upon between 980 and 990 AD for the quibla of the Almanzor expansion.

Medina Azahara in turn will have three pieces on display. A compound capital coming from the Hall of Abd al-Rhaman III with a great decorated trepan, one of two luxurious pieces of marble that decorated the entrance hollow to the hall containing the bathtub in the old Bath of the Rich Hall. Its ornamentation is exquisite and a characteristic califate oil lamp with a large hole.

In this showing we explore the usage and meaning of light in art and science of the Islamic world making clear that light is the unifying factor in Islamic civilizaations around the world.

With the participation of these cultural institutions in temporary exhibitions of this organization, Cordoba’s heritage and culture is spread joyously both nationally as well as internationally.

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