This area within the Jewish Quarter was formerly named Huerta del Ray. During the 1960’s, it was extensively refurbished from a polluted creek into fresh water flanked with flowers and spanned by footbridges. The channel runs along a 14th century Christian wall which replaced a Roman defense. Cut through the medieval stronghold is an entrance to the Hotel Amistad. Also along this street is the Almodóvar Gate from the 8th century. The street was renamed Calle Cairuán in 2009 in recognition of Córdoba’s “twinning” with the Tunisian city of Kairouan (Cairuán).
