History

Neolithic remains found at Cueva del Toril and a series of other archaeological discoveries bear witness to village's antiquity, situating it among the oldest in the province.

Roman relics also exist at Cerro de la Almanzora and El Salobral, as well as Iberian sites in Los Castillarejos.

In the year 909, it was expressly mentioned for the first time by Ibn Hayyan. Its Arabic name was Hins Lukk.

The Castle is a relic of the village's Moslem occupation. Located at the foot of the Betica mountains, it was built on the orders of Mohammed I (9th century) and later reconstructed by the Nazaries in the 13th century.

Captured by Ferdinand III in 1240, his son Sancho IV later ceded the village to the city of Cordoba.

It fell into Moslem hands once more, only to be definitively conquered by Alfonso XI in 1347, thanks to a stratagem devised by three brothers, Luis, Alonso and Anton Luque, whose surname was adopted as the village's name. King Henry II gave lordly control of Luque to Don Egas Venegas, Lord Mayor of Cordoba.

Eminent citizens

Antonio Lopez Ontiveros, decan of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts in Cordoba.
Isabel de Arrebola, "La Roldana".