10.32611/jgcc.2020.8.44.57

La Fiesta de Los Patios de Cordoba, Spain, is a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage that begins in early May every spring and lasts for 12 days. The festival is based on patio houses and residential culture that reflect the historical and cultural characteristics of Cordoba. Local people pass down their residential culture from generation to generation by utilizing Patio houses through festivals. Rather than turning a blind eye to old houses and their unique residential culture, they are connecting the past and present time and space in their own way through efforts such as cultivating and managing their own patio. Patio houses and residential culture have been developed in response to architectural and cultural trends, social and economic changes, accepting the social and cultural demands of the region that were prevalent by the times, and still serve as residential spaces in the city that form their residential culture. The city and local people are expanding their meaning and value as local cultural heritages that should be proud and passed down through the festival rather than being regarded as the houses where they reside or as old houses or old-fashioned cultures. In this paper, We would like to look at the history of the formation, which have been constantly combined and changed in Cordoba’s own unique houses and residential culture, and look into their practice of trying to utilize it as a local cultural heritage through the festival. To this end, we would like to examine how the Patio House of Cordoba and their residential culture have changed, and how it has been used and inherited as a resource for festivals and as a local cultural heritage. In addition, we would like to draw implications for finding ways to give meaning and value to old houses, people living there, and the residential culture they have as a resource for festivals and as a local cultural heritage.