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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. The
Romans built the mighty bridge crossing the river, now called
"El Puente Romano". But Cordoba's hour of greatest
glory was when it became the capital of the Moorish kingdom
of El-Andalus, and this was when work began on the Great Mosque,
or "Mezquita", which – after several centuries
of additions and enlargements – became one of the largest
in all of Islam. |
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From
the Medieval period the Alcazar of the Christian Monarchs is
still standing. It began life as a royal residence for Alfonso
XI, and is a majestic building with strong walls and four towers.
Inside you an see rooms covered in pointed vaults with magnificent
ogives, a splendid collection of Roman mosaics, a Roman sarcophagus
and some very well-preserved caliphal baths. The courtyards
and gardens of the Alcazar deserve a mention, one is called
Patio Morisco (Moorish Courtyard) in Mudejar, as well as others
consisting of numerous reservoirs with fountains and water displays
Plaza del Potro, named a Historic-Artistic Monument, boasts
a fountain topped with a colt with raised hands, on which the
shield of Cordoba rests (designed by Michel de Verdiguier, 1557).
In the same square stands the 'posada' (lodging house) that
already existed in the 14th century, mentioned on several occasions
by Miguel de Cervantes. Julio Romero Museum and the Fine Art
Museum, which occupied the building of the old Caridad hospital.
The Museum of Julio Romero, painter of Cordovan women, comprises
six rooms, and displays the following works amongst others:
La Chiquita-Piconera, Oranges and Lemons and Offering to the
Art of a Bullfighter The Fine Art Museum houses a large number
of works from religious buildings and the Cordoba School. Viana
Palace is the oldest private house in Cordoba. It boasts valuable
collections of porcelain, tapestries, carpets, cordovan leather
and ceramics, and you can visit eleven courtyards and a garden
inside. Plaza de Capuchinos, mystic setting topped by Cristo
de los Faroles. The Bullfighting Museum is set in an old 16th
century house, situated in the heart of the Jewish Quarter,
and contains momentous of the famous Cordovan bullfighters,
Lagartijo, Guerrita, Machaquito and Manolete. Plaza de la Corredera,
picturesque rectangular square where the first bullfights were
held. Calleja de las Flores, a traditional place. Calleja del
Pañuelo, in a section of this street the width is approximately
that of a handkerchief, at the end of the street lies the world's
smallest square. Hermitages, located in the outskirts of Cordoba,
from where there are breathtaking views of the Guadalquivir
valley.
Located in the artist's home, it shares the courtyard with the Museum of Fine Arts. The museum houses the work of this Cordoban artist who was renowned because of the popular symbolism in his paintings and the mysterious quality arising from them. Paintings |
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| This museum was
inaugurated on 23 November 1951, in family house of the painter.
He was the most popular of the representatives for Andalusian
regionalism, and one of the most highly respected portrait artists
in Spain.
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