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• Viana Palace gardens. Córdoba.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Plaza De Don Gome 2. 14001. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957497413 | E-mail: info@palaciodeviana.com. http://www.palaciodeviana.com/.   The Roman tradition of the impluvium, combined with the Arab culture, gave rise to the Andalusian courtyard or patio, a protected interior area that serv…

• Palace of the Marquises of Viana. Córdoba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Don Gome 2. 14001. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957497413 | E-mail: info@palaciodeviana.com. www.palaciodeviana.com. The palace museum. This palace museum has an extensive collection of items from Cordoba including furniture and coffered objects. It is generally an austere building.…

• Santa Marina Church in Aguas Santas. Córdoba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa Marina s/n. 14001. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) www.turismodecordoba.org. Church fortress. The buttresses of its facade makes this church look like a fortress. One of the most Reconquest churches. There are three facades with Romanesque capitals. Structured around three naves; the ce…

• Malmuerta Tower. Córdoba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Ollerías s/n. 14001. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) www.turismodecordoba.org. The vengeance of the cheated husband. According to popular legend the name comes from a vengeful husband who killed his wife because he believed her to be an adulteress, when the truth of the matter was that she …

• San Lorenzo Church. Córdoba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Lorenzo s/n. 14002. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) www.turismodecordoba.org. Old mosque of Al-Mugira. Built on top of the foundations of a mosque. A minaret transformed into belfry and from which can be seen the town of Al-Zahira built by Almanzor. It has undergone numerous alterations. …

• Medina Azahara. Córdoba.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Palma del Río Km. 5,5. 14071. Córdoba. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957352867 | E-mail: madinatalzahra.ccul@juntadeandalucia.es. www.museosdeandalucia.es/culturaydeporte/museos. The city of the caliphs. It was built at the wish of the Caliph Abd-al Rahman III, using the money bequeath…

• House-Museum of Alfonso Ariza. Rambla, La.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Santaella 39. 14540. Rambla, La. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957682755 | E-mail: turismo@larambla.es. www.larambla.es/. Ariza's avant-garde. This House-Museum contains works by avant-garde artist Alfonso Ariza. The centre exhibits a selection of pieces by the artist that allow you to explor…

• Montilla Local History Museum. Casa de la Cultura. Montilla.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Padre Miguel Molina 2. 14550. Montilla. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957664038 | E-mail: museohistorico@montilla.es. www.montilla.es. Art and culture in Montilla. This museum's collection comes from the archaeological sites in the Montilla region. It is located in the town's Cultural Centre,…

• Castle-citadel of Bujalance. Bujalance.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Santa Ana, s/n. 14650. Bujalance. Cordoba. (Andalusia) E-mail: oficinadeturismobujalance@yahoo.es. http://www.aytobujalance.es/castillo-alcazaba. A magnificent example of military Al-Andalus architecture at its period of greatest splendour in the 10th century. It has now been adapted to host c…

• Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Bujalance.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Santa Ana, s/n. 14650. Bujalance. Cordoba. (Andalusia) http://www.aytobujalance.es/castillo-alcazaba. The tower of the “Countryside Cathedral”, as it is known because of its size, stands slightly inclined, like the tower of Pisa, among olive fields stretching as far as the eye can see. It is a…

• Finca Moratalla gardens. Hornachuelos.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Carretera C-431 de Córdoba a Palma del Río (Hornachuelos) km. 40. 14740. Hornachuelos. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 954219012 | E-mail: secretaria@fundacionmedinaceli.org. These gardens were made around 1910-1915 in an Andalusian farmhouse belonging to the Marquis of Viana, with the aim of turning…

• Santa María la Mayor Church. Baena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Ángel s/n. 14850. Baena. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957671757 | E-mail: videotecabaena@yahoo.es. Located on the medina which is the highest area of the town.There is some evidence of the existence of a high mosque during the XII century.As a church it was built in the XIV century, in f…

• Baena castle. Baena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Palacio s/n. 14850. Baena. Cordoba. (Andalusia) Fax.: +34 957671757 | E-mail: videotecabaena@yahoo.es. http://www.juanalfonsodebaena.org/.   It was built in the 9th century on the site of Roman remains, after the settlement existing there at that time was sacked by Omar Ibn Hafsun. The Alm…