Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain

Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain is the best thing I did during my walking tour of Cordoba.  So what souvenirs from Cordoba did I get as reminder of my great experience in Cordoba? Read on to see their wonderful handicraft products on display.

Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain

Souvenirs are plenty and it was not easy choosing just a couple of items to bring back home.
Key rings and postcards, you will find them in plenty.

Cordoba souvenir shops have ‘flamenco dance’ associated handicraft items in plenty. In addition to those you will find clothes, hats, fans available in different sizes, colors and prices.

Souvenirs from Cordoba

Music lovers and guitarists seek locally made guitars.

Then there are plenty of stuffs and accessories made of leather, stuffs like wall ornaments, bracelets and more. Cordoba specializes in souvenirs made of ceramics and leather works.
Arabs introduced leather work skills in 8th century. Since then, this art is flourishing in Cordoba.

Besides the traditional stuffs, modern gift items too are available. Most impressive among all display pieces were their artwork on local glazed pottery and their silver jewelry. The ceramic stuffs had such amazing designs and colors. Many of them had the red and white arches of Mezquita made on them.

Ceramic Based clocks Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain

Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain – Ceramic Based clocks

The streets near Mezquita are dotted with best places for shopping in Cordoba. While walking there I resisted my craving to pick up those wonderful souvenirs. Such tempting displays! Each shop boasting and competing with their displays. Hunt around a little and you will find the maker himself!

Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain

Jewelry of medieval times – A hair pin, many centuries old; I found this as a display piece in a Jewish museum there.

Cordobesa Leather Items

Spain is world-renowned for its fine leatherwork, but it is cordobesa leather that stands out. Arabs are credited to have introduced this sophisticated artistic leather work to Spain in the 7th century AD. This oldest form of Córdoba leather art, is known by the name Guadamecí or Omeya, dates back to 10th Century.

With time many leather art forms have vanished but thankfully some families have helped preserve the Guadamecí leather art techniques and the Cordobán leather embossment techniques.

Guadamecí leather art is made from only the highest quality naturally tanned sheep hides.   The technique requires applying a thin film of silver or vermillion onto the leather, before polychrome paint is applied with microscopic accuracy. Since this type of art is clearly aesthetic, it is mostly used for luxury items, like decorative wall hangings, upholstery and screens.

The other type of Córdoba leather art, called Cordobán, is what we get today – the Spanish leather art. High-quality goats hide is preferred for its flexibility, suppleness, strength and durability.

Where to shop in Cordoba?

The main areas for Shopping Souvenirs in Cordoba Spain are at the Plaza de las Tendillas – on the Conde de Gondomar and the Jose Cruz Conde. Cordoba has many shops within walking distance from Mezquita.

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