{"id":4410,"date":"2025-05-14T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/mertola-capital-of-islamic-culture\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:24:10","slug":"mertola-capital-of-islamic-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/en\/mertola-capital-of-islamic-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9rtola, capital of Islamic culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4410\" class=\"elementor elementor-4410 elementor-4375\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d7eb51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52d7eb51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da363b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da363b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1112\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4378\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022.png 1112w, https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022-600x407.png 600w, https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022-1024x694.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022-111x75.png 111w, https:\/\/www.visitalandalus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mercado-Mertola-2022-480x325.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Popular market of the Islamic Festival of M\u00e9rtola in 2022<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-807377a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"807377a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">M\u00e9rtola, capital of Islamic culture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e5036e4 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e5036e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Between May 22 and 25, M\u00e9rtola will once again become the capital of Islamic culture in the Iberian Peninsula. The Portuguese City Council has prepared for the thirteenth edition an extensive program of exhibitions, workshops, lectures and performances of various kinds to recall its fertile Andalusian past. Although of Phoenician origin, the beautiful city bathed by the Guadiana experienced a significant economic and social boost after the Islamic conquest in the 8th century.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of four days, the city will be transformed to recreate the color and appearance of an Islamic medina. Dozens of workshops will recover techniques of Andalusian gastronomy, construction of lutes, Islamic geometry, Arabic percussion, oriental dance, poetry, calligraphy and other handicraft disciplines of Muslim influence.<\/p>\n<p>The official inauguration will take place on Thursday, May 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Plaza Vasco de Gama. The opening concert, on the same day at 10.30 p.m., will be given by Celina da Piedade and Rodrigo Leao. 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