Andalucia.com http://www.andalucia.com Shows about areas in the Andalucia area Shows about areas in the Andalucia area read from information found at http://www.andalucia.com Shows about areas in the Andalucia area read from information found at http://www.andalucia.com en-us ℗ & © 2005 Andalucia.com & Andalucia.com info@andalucia.com no Andalucia.com Cordoba An audio information file about Cordoba and its History. Cordoba was founded by the Romans and due to its strategic importance as the highest navigable point of the Guadalquivir River, it became a port city of great importance, used for shipping Spanish olive oil, wine and wheat back to Ancient Rome. no Andalucia,Cordoba,Costa del Sol http://www.andalucia.com/province/cordoba/home.htm http://www.andalucia.com/podcast/cordoba.mp3 An audio information file about Cordoba and its History. Andalucia.com Olvera An audio information file about Olvera and its History. There has been a human settlement on the site of Olvera for more than two thousand years. Archaeological findings suggest this verdant agricultural region north-east of Ronda was an important area for settlement as far back as the Palaeolithic era, at least twelve thousand years ago. no Olvera,Andalucia,Costa del Sol http://www.andalucia.com/province/cadiz/olvera/home.htm http://www.andalucia.com/podcast/olvera.mp3 An audio information file about Olvera and its History. Andalucia.com Verdiales An audio information file about Verdiales and its History in dance. Verdiales is a form of flamenco that first developed centuries ago in the Los Verdiales olive-growing region north of Malaga, near Almogia. It's also one of the earliest forms of fandango, and still undergoing a process known in Spanish as 'aflamencomiento', flamencoisation, an original folk song form that has been slowly adopted into the flamenco tradition and its many houses but still retains its distinctive character. no Andalucia,Verdiales,Costa del Sol http://www.andalucia.com/festival/verdiales.htm http://www.andalucia.com/podcast/verdiales.mp3 An audio information file about Verdiales and its History.