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Flores brims with
colourful gera niums, Practical Information
which contrast with the Córdoba. * 330,000.
whitewashed walls of this n Plaza del Triunfo s/n,
alley, leading to a 957 35 51 79. ( Tue, Fri & Sun.
tiny square. _ Semana Santa (Easter Week),
Festival de los Patios (5–11 May),
Feria (late May). Sinagoga: Open
Tue–Sun. & Casa de Sefarad:
B L A N CO
Open daily. & Alcázar de los
B E L M O N T E
Reyes Cristianos: Open Tue–Sun.
& ∑ turismodecordoba.org
Decorations on an early Christian
Transport sarcophagus, Museo Arqueológico
£ Glorieta de las Tres Culturas,
CÉSPEDES
V í C T O R B O S C O
902 43 23 43. @ Glorieta de las Exploring Córdoba
Tres Culturas, 957 40 40 40. Córdoba lies on a sharp bend
HERRERO in the Río Guadalquivir, which
is spanned by a Roman bridge
linking the 14th-century Torre
Palacio de la Calahorra and the old
town. One of the most atmos-
CARDENAL Episcopal pheric squares in Andalucía is
the Plaza de los Capuchinos.
With its haunting stone calvary,
it is particularly evoca tive when
M A G I S T R A L G O N Z Á L E Z F R A N C É S
seen by moonlight.
E Museo de Bellas Artes
C O R R E G I D O R Exhibits in a former charity
Plaza del Potro 2. Tel 957 10 36 59.
Open Tue–Sun.
Q U E B R A D O
C A L L E D E T O R R I J O S
hospital include sculptures
by local artist Mateo Inurria
(1867–1924) and works by
Puerta del Valdés Leal, Zurbarán and
Puente Murillo of the Seville School.
E Museo Arqueológico
Plaza Jerónimo Páez 7.
Tel 957 35 55 29. Open Tue–Sun. &
Located in a Renaissance
A M A D O R D E L O S R Í O S museum on its southeast side remains of a Roman theatre
mansion, displays include the
found beneath the building,
Roman pottery and impressive
finds from the Moorish era.
The Puente Romano
spans the Río Guadal quivir. A
P Palacio de Viana
R O N D A D E I S A S A explores the different cultures Plaza Don Gome 2. Tel 957 49 67 41.
Open Tue–Sun (am only Sun & public
of medieval Córdoba.
hols). & 8
Furniture, tapestries, paintings
and porcelain are displayed in
the 17th-century former home
of the Viana family.
E Museo Romero de Torres
S T A T E R E S A D E J O R N E T
Plaza del Potro 1. Tel 957 47 03 56.
. Mezquita Open Tue–Sun. & (free Fri).
The mighty walls of the Julio Romero de Torres
Great Mosque (see pp486–7) (1874–1930), who was born
hide delicate arches, pillars in this house, captured the soul
and a dazzling mihrab. of Córdoba in his paintings.
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