Priego de Cordoba

Priego de Cordoba is a town and region of Andalucia Spain in the outrageous southeastern bit of the region of Cordoba, close to the headwater of the Guadajoz River, and on the northern incline of the Sierra de Priego. The populace in 2015 was 22,936. The most seasoned church was worked in the 13th century and in this manner reestablished; it has a fine house of prayer. There are vestiges of an, initially Moorish, mansion presently 2006 under reclamation having been an invigorated city of the Moors with the Hispano-Arabic name Baguh which was caught by the Christians under Ferdinand III in 1225, lost again in 1327, lastly retaken in 1340 by Alfonso XI.

Probably the best instances of the Spanish Baroque are found in the various temples in Priego. The main President of the Second Spanish Republic, Niceto Alcala-Zamora, was from Priego. The most seasoned segment of Priego is its Barrio de la Villa. It is verged on one side by the town's common stronghold, a high bluff. The rear ways that breeze through this piece of the town are Moorish in style, brightened gladly by the masses with vases and religious symbols. Its economy depends on farming items, essentially olive oil and oats. The olive oil from Priego has been given its own denominational mark. The religious fraternities of Priego have a long history, some going back to before the 16th century.