Muhammad Ibn Rushd (Averroes). (Cordoba 1126 - Marrakech 1198). He was judge, alfaqui, philosopher and physician, perhaps the wise man who best represents the humanistic value that Al Andalus brought to the Western culture. Statue in Cairuan Street.
Abbas Ibn Firnas. He was the first man who tried to fly by throwing himself from the minaret of the Aljama Mosque (in 852). This precursor of aviation born in Ronda (Malaga) was also a philosopher, musician, poet, astrologer and alchemist. A modern bridge over the Guadalquivir river pay tribute to him.
Ibn Hazm. Abu Muhammad Ali Ibn Hazm (Cordoba 994, Huelva 1064). He was one of the most famous philosophers, theologians, historians, narrators and poets of Al Andalus. He affirmed, five centuries before Galileo, that the Earth is round. Statue at the Puerta de Sevilla (Sevilla Gate).
Al Gafequi. Muhammad Ibn Qassoum Ibn Aslam Al Gafequi was born in the north of the current province of Cordoba, on an uncertain date, and died in Qurtuba in 1165. Famous and experienced eye doctor who stood out in the operation of cataracts and eye diseases. Bust at Cardenal Salazar Square.
Al Hakam II. The second Ummayad caliph (Cordoba 915-976) succeeded his father, Abderramán III. With him the caliphate reached the maximum splendor. He enlarged the Mosque, finished Madinat al-Zahra, paved and provided lighting and sewer to Córoba. He founded 27 public schools in which high-paid scholars taught the poor and orphans free of charge, decreed education for all children and created a library, housed in the Alcazar, with more than 400,000 volumes. Bust at Campo Santo de los Mártires.
Ibn Zaydun & Princess Wallada. They both were poets and rivals but also had a passionate love. Monument to the lovers at Campo Santo de los Mártires.
Zyriab. Abu Hasan Ali ibn Nafi, nicknamed Zyriab, blackbird, because of his dark complexion and his excellent voice, was born in Iraq in 789 but settled in Qurtuba in 822. He introduced in Al Andalus the most refined music from the East and important instruments such as the lute (al-ud), to which he added a fifth string. He founded the first medieval musical school in Cordoba, considered the first conservatory in the world. Monument in Zyriab Musician Street.
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