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LA CHAÎNE DES RÔTISSEURS ASSOCIATION MONDIALE DE LA GASTRONOMIE

BAILIAGE DU ESPAGNE

67TH

GRAND CHAPITRE OF SPAIN

CORDOBA, WORLD HERITAGE SITE

9 to 12 June 2016

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGES IMPOSSIBLE TO FORESEE

The Mosque, the Cathedral and the Roman bridge over the Guadalquivir River

ASSOCIATION MONDIALE DE LA GASTRONOMIE

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Cordoba is a city with a huge cultural and monumental heritage. Its strategic situation

near the Guadalquivir River, once navigable, and the heritage of various people who were

settled in their rich land, have converted the city in a privileged place.

Located in the interior of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Cordoba is a

compendium of past and modernity. This ancient city, declared world heritage site, is a

living legacy of the different cultures that settled in it throughout its history. Few places in

the world can boast of having been the capital of Hispania Ulterior under the Roman

Empire, and capital of the Umayyad Caliphate. This splendor is palpable in the

intelligentsia of this center of knowledge, which has given birth to figures like Seneca,

Averroes and Maimonides.

Mosques, libraries, baths and souks, abound in the city, building the foundations of the

European Renaissance. During the long European Middle Ages, letters and sciences

flourished in “Corduba”. The city had many sources, public lighting and drainage system,

during the time of Caliph Splendor.


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Walk through Cordoba old town means discover a beautiful network of alleyways,

squares and whitewashed courtyards arranged around the mosque-Cathedral, reflection

of the importance of the city in medieval times and authentic symbol of the capital.

Not forgetting his glorious past, Cordoba is a modern city that has managed to adapt to

modern times in order to offer the most modern infrastructures and services, as well as

a wide range of hotel room availability.

Its historic center was declared world heritage by Unesco in 1994. Ten years earlier, in

1984, it had been the Mosque. The city was nominated for the European cultural capital

for the year 2016, being a finalist to represent Spain. In addition the Cordoba Patios

Festival was designated Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco in December

2012.

Cordoba is also synonymous with art, culture and leisure, thanks to the multitude of

cultural events organized throughout the year: Flamenco festivals, concerts, ballet...

activities complemented with a large number of museums and a vibrant nightlife.

Meanwhile, the province is home to important samples of the Andalusian legacy, which

has its greatest exponent in Medina Azahara, located on the outskirts of the city. But

also holds a great show to the lovers of nature. The natural parks of “Sierra de Cardeña”

in “Los Pedroches” and “Montoro”, “Sierra de Hornachuelos” and “Sierras Subbéticas”

offer the possibility of practicing all kinds of sports in the open air, at the time that you

can enjoy the richness of this province.

Panoramic view of la Sierra de Hornachuelos from El Cabril


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ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

THURSDAY, 9TH JUNE 2016

Arrival to the hotel “Hospes Palacio del Bailío”, located in Ramírez de las Casas Deza 10-

12 street, in the historic heart of Cordoba.

Telephone (+34) 957 498 993 - [email protected]

The hotel Hospes Palacio del Bailío is located in the historic heart of the Caliphal city. The

settlement, declared good of Cultural interest in the monument category in 1982,

represents a big bet on the combination of culture, welfare, art, history, gastronomy

and relaxation.

The Palace is a former ancestral house characterized by its large size and its courtyards

and whole moldings of limestone covered with lime mortar. It counts with 4 unique

Andalusian courtyards with flowers, fruit trees and aromatic plants. The central courtyard

of 160 m2, with a glass floor, reveals the vestiges of a stunning Roman villa from the 1st

century a.c. It is also the sole hotel with indoor roman baths and outdoor swimming pool

located in an oasis surrounded by fruit trees and aromatic plants.

mailto:[email protected]


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Views of the interior of the hotel

All the original features of

the house have been

preserved thanks to a

valuable work of restoration,

so it still retains elements of

great beauty to understand

the historical past of the city

of Cordoba.

Its art gallery and original

frescoes of the seventeenth

century in rooms and noble

areas are the most beautiful

peculiarities of the Palace.


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21,00H - We will meet at the reception of the hotel to enjoy a very special evening at the

ARBEQUINA restaurant, located in the same hotel. We will enjoy a dinner with the same

traditional ingredients that Roman and Arabs cooked with, the freshest products that

filled their kitchens and pantries. That is what offers the Arbequina restaurant, the more

sensitive and respectful culinary vanguard with the stoves of the past.

Dressing code: Elegant

View of the restaurant Arbequina, Hotel Hospes Palacio del Bailio, Cordoba

FRIDAY, 10TH JUNE 2016

11,00h – We will meet at the reception of the hotel to visit LA MEZQUITA (The Mosque)

and LOS REALES ALCÁZARES (Castle of the Christian Monarchs)

Dressing code: Comfortable Sport.

The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba is the most important monument of all the Islamic

West and one of the most amazing monuments in the world. Its history summarizes the

complete evolution of style Umayyad in Spain, as well as styles Gothic, Renaissance and

Baroque of the Christian construction.

Known nowadays as the Catedral de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Cathedral of Our

Lady of the Assumption) in an ecclesiastical way, or just La Mezquita de Córdoba (The

Mosque of Cordoba) in general terms, the Mosque is the most important building in the

city. It is also one of the most important monuments of Islamic architecture in Spain, as

well as the most emblematic example of Spanish-Muslim Umayyad art. Since the 13th

century, and even today it is a Catholic Church, the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of

Cordoba.


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Inside the Mosque, Cordoba

It has been declared cultural heritage of humanity as part of the historic centre of the city.

Its construction as a mosque started in the year 785, after the Muslim invasion of the

Iberian Peninsula. The building underwent expansions during the Cordoba Emirate and

the Caliphate of Cordoba. In 1238, after the Reconquest, his consecration as a Cathedral

took place with the Episcopal ordination of its first bishop, Lope de Fitero.


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In 1523 took place the greater alteration of the monument with the construction of a

Renaissance cruciform basilica in the plateresque style in the Centre of the Muslim

building. Today the architectural ensemble constitutes both the most important

monument of Cordoba and the Andalusian architecture, along with the Alhambra (in

Granada)

Declared of cultural interest, it had 1.67 million visitors by 2015 and is one of the most

visited monuments in Spain. It was included among the 12 public treasures of Spain in

2007. It has been awarded as the best site for tourists in Europe and the sixth best site in

the world according to a TripAdvisor contest.

Since the early 2000s, Spanish Muslims have lobbied the Roman Catholic Church to allow

them to pray in the cathedral. This Muslim campaign has been rejected on multiple

occasions, both by the church authorities in Spain and by the Vatican.

The Alcázar de Córdoba (Castle of Cordoba), with its thick defensive walls, served both

as a fortress and a palace, and is a perfect illustration of the development of Cordovan

architecture through the ages. Roman and Visigoth ruins lie side by side with Arabic


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remains in this magnificent building, which was once the favourite residence of the

different rulers of the city.

However, when Cordoba was taken by Fernando III «the Saint» in 1236, the former

Caliphal Palace was in a pitiful, ruinous state. Alfonso X «the Wise» began the restoration

work, which was finished off during the reign of Alfonso XI. It has fulfilled many different

functions over the years, such as Headquarters of the Inquisition, or a prison (first half of

the 20th century).

Picture of the gardens, El Alcázar Cordobés

Then we will visit some courtyards, where we will be offered an aperitif.


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14,30H – Lunch will be held at the restaurant PUERTA SEVILLA.

In Puerta Sevilla you can taste the traditional cuisine, counting with top quality products

and innovative touches adapted to both new times and new trends in gastronomy. This is

precisely one of the mergers that more and better value their customers, not to mention

the excellent and numerous references of wines, particularly those of the area, Montilla-

Moriles.

Both afternoon and evening free.

SATURDAY, 11TH JUNE 2016

11,30h – We will meet at the reception of the hotel to go together to the most important

event of the trip, the induction ceremony, which will be held in the Caballerizas Reales

(Royal Stables). It will be followed by a horse show and a brunch. Afternoon free.

Dressing code: Comfortable elegant. In order to give a touch of originality to the act,

ladies will wear a hat.

The royal stables of Cordoba are the basic reference building in the task to develop one

of the best and most famous races that has given our history: the Andalusian Horse, our

Spanish blood-horse.


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This emblematic building was created in the year 1570, by express mandate of King Felipe

II who, how great lover of horses, wanted to create a new breed of horses in Cordoba, the

Andalusian horse – Spanish blood-horse.

The Royal Stables have been

outstanding part not only of

the Cordoba equestrian

history, but the world riding.

This monumental building,

which is considered national

heritage, was vital for the

enclosure in which it is framed,

next to the Jewish quarter and

the Mosque-Cathedral has

been considered Heritage of

the humanity by UNESCO.


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21,00h - Dinner and our traditional gala ball will be held at BODEGAS CAMPOS

restaurant.

Dressing code: Men will wear with dark suit or tuxedo. Ladies cocktail or long costume.

Bodegas Campos is one of the most emblematic places, a must-see location in the city of

Cordoba. Both its menu and the atmosphere of this singular space are imbued with the

same philosophy: renewed tradition and authenticity.

Bodegas Campos work ever since it started out has long been valued by various awards

and honors, although the main satisfaction for this company has been and is that anyone

who enters its doors feels like at home, because it is truly theirs.

Says the writer Antonio Gala that “in this house you are welcomed with a warmth full of

affection", and it seems to vouch for it the multitude of photographs of smiling

personalities that cover the walls, between old posters of fairs and bullfights. Or what the

poet Pablo García Baena, awarded with the Príncipe de Asturias Prize, said: "this is the

ancestral house of friendship".

King of Spain Felipe VI and Queen

Leticia, in a recent visit to BODEGAS

CAMPOS.

What a spectacular close for this beautiful chapter!

VIVE LA CHAÎNE!

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