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Isidro and his son, Isidro junior, are the eighth generation of potters to continue this traditional workshop. His daughter, María, is also here, but she is responsible for painting and decorating the pieces. In this large space, you'll see a vast collection of pottery (jars, pots, candlesticks, dishes...), both ancient and modern, in all styles, including the great Lucena "classics" such as the Perula, a vessel of Roman origin used to transport wine, the Orza, for preserving oil and cured meats, the Botija de arriero, used to carry water to the fields, the Cántaro, from the well to the house, or the Dornillo, a vessel used to prepare gazpacho. You'll also discover more unexpected items, such as the paridera, an object designed to facilitate childbirth for women. You can visit all the facilities used to make them: lathes, kilns, paint shop... and watch the craftsmen practicing this meticulous activity.

Well installed near the cathedral, this shop opened in 1920 by the great-grandfather of the current owner offers traditional and artisanal ceramics from the Granada region such as the fajalauza, the city's popular ceramic with plant motifs. As well as ancient and modern creations from all over Andalusia, including some from Úbeda, a major centre for ceramics in the province of Jaén. Glasses, plates, cups, salad bowls, everything will be well packed so that you can bring everything home intact.

It is a workshop maintained by the family since 1910. There is a very small shop at the entrance, with rare, but superb pieces. Beautiful table mats, reproductions of Mudéjar style works, 16th century Italian virgins, decorative elements for the bathroom... Today, Beatriz has taken over the shop and workshop. And also offers classes of ceramics. If you are interested, contact her by email beforehand.

Located not far from La Mezquita, between Calle Judío and Calle Averroes, it is housed in a house with Mudéjar reminiscences. And since 1960, this zoco, a kind of small bazaar, has gathered around a beautiful patio a number of craft workshops and shops. It is an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the techniques of working with silverware, a great Cordoba speciality, and also with ceramics and repoussé leather, which have also contributed to its notoriety. The range of objects on offer is very wide: jewellery, leather goods, crockery.

This is a small temple of popular art, hence its name, which opened in 1977. On display are ceramic pieces, the oldest of which date back to the 16th century; pottery such as that from Triana or Manises, near Valencia; azulejos, engravings and lithographs, some of which date from the 16th and 18th centuries. All of these objects are unique because they were produced in workshops all over Spain, which are now often closed. A must-see address in the neighbourhood.

These lanterns with their distinctive colours and shapes are part of the city's traditional craftsmanship. And if you want to give your interior a warm and oriental atmosphere, visit this illustrious house, created in 1911 by the maestro Pedro Fernández Estévez who saw his craft business perpetuated first by his sons and then his grandchildren. Lanterns, fixtures, wall lights, lamps, everything here is handmade, from cutting the glass to assembling the whole thing, including working with metal and assembling it with the glass. And you should know that the house has already illuminated the most prestigious places such as the Andalusian Parliament and the Alfonso XIII Hotel in Seville, the Cathedral of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Granada, Manuel de Falla's auditorium or the Las Tinajas restaurant.

In her workshop, in the basement of the store and the last one in the region, Ana has been making her traditional Alpujarra weavings, the jarapas, since 1989. Made from recycled cotton threads and reproducing different patterns and even the surrounding landscape. You will be able to buy these colorful weavings, but also to start learning this craft. Trying to tame a nice size loom. But Ana is formal, in two hours you can do it and leave with a small creation.