Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Córdoba, Spain

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 8.6 km
Ascend 141 m
Descend 154 m

Experience Córdoba in Spain in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in CórdobaIndividual Sights in Córdoba

Sight 1: Anfiteatro de Córdoba

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The Amphitheatre of Cordoba is an ancient Roman amphitheatre located in the city of Cordoba, Spain. Built in the first century, it is the largest known amphitheatre in Hispania and the third largest in the entire empire after the Colosseum and the amphitheatre of Carthage, although at the time of its construction it was the largest ever built. The amphitheatre was active until the beginning of the fourth century.

Wikipedia: Anfiteatro de Córdoba (ES)

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Jardines de la Victoria

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The Jardines de la Victoria are public gardens located in Cordoba, Spain. These gardens are located between two large avenues; the Paseo de la Victoria and República Argentina Avenue. It receives its name from the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria, an old convent demolished in the nineteenth century.

Wikipedia: Jardines de la Victoria (Córdoba) (ES)

283 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Iglesia de San Juan y Todos los Santos

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San Juan y Todos los Santos, also known as Iglesia de la Trinidad, is a Catholic church located on the Plaza de la Trinidad in Córdoba, Spain. It stands on the site of the former Convento de la Trinidad established shortly after Fernando III conquered the city in 1236. Built in the Baroque style, it forms part of the Historic centre of Córdoba, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Wikipedia: San Juan y Todos los Santos (EN)

258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Casa del Indiano

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Casa del Indiano José Luis Filpo Cabana / CC BY 4.0

The House of the Indian, also known as the Casa de los Ceas, was a house-palace located in the Ángel de Torres de Córdoba (Spain) square. Currently, only the main facade of the building is preserved, being the interior occupied by apartments and La Calleja del Indiano, which is accessed by the door of the old facade.

Wikipedia: Casa del Indiano (Córdoba) (ES)

388 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Iglesia de San Nicolás de la Villa

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San Nicolás de la Villa is a church in Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain.

Wikipedia: San Nicolás de la Villa (EN)

313 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Estatua al Gran Capitán

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The monument to the Great Captain is a work dedicated to Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba "The Great Captain", located in the Plaza de las Tendillas in the Spanish city of Cordoba. It is an equestrian sculpture in bronze, with the exception of the head, carved in white marble. It was made by Mateo Inurria from Cordoba in 1923, although it was moved to its current location in 1927.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Gran Capitán (Córdoba) (ES)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Teatro Góngora

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The Góngora Theatre, also known as Góngora Cinema or Pathè Cinema, is a theatre in Córdoba, Spain. It was built as a cinema between 1929 and 1932, designed by the Madrid architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto. Built on the site of the old convent of Jesús María, it occupies 950 m², and is located on Jesús María street.

Wikipedia: Teatro Góngora (ES)

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Iglesia de Santa Ana

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The Convent of Santa Ana is a religious building located on Ángel de Saavedra Street in the city of Cordoba, Spain. It is a Baroque-style temple with a Latin cross floor plan and on whose façade, in a niche, is the representation of Saint Anne, the Virgin and the Child. The enclosure stands out for its cloister, the Renaissance staircase with the founder's coat of arms and a loggia that communicates with the back garden.

Wikipedia: Convento de Santa Ana (Córdoba) (ES)

303 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Córdoba

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Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Córdoba Hermann Junghans / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Córdoba is a museum in Córdoba, Spain. Owned by the Spanish State, its management has been transferred to the Ministry of Culture of the Junta of Andalusia.

Wikipedia: Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Córdoba (EN)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Arco del Portillo

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The Portillo Arch, also known as the Arch of San Francisco or the Corbache Portillo, is an opening opened at the end of the fourteenth century in the eastern part of the wall that divided the town and the Axerquía in the city of Cordoba, Spain. It is located on San Fernando Street, in front of the church of San Francisco. It joins the Cathedral neighbourhood, belonging to the old Medina, and the San Francisco-Ribera neighbourhood, in the old Axerquía.

Wikipedia: Arco del Portillo (ES)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Iglesia de San Francisco y San Eulogio

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The Church of St. Francis and St. Eulogius is a Roman Catholic church in Cordoba, Spain. It belongs to the so-called Fernandine churches, as it was founded by the Castilian king Ferdinand III in the thirteenth century. Its original name was the convent of San Pedro el Real and it was managed by the Franciscan Order, hence its current name. The temple was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in the category of Monument on March 24, 1982.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Francisco (Córdoba) (ES)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Museo de Julio Romero de Torres

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The Julio Romero de Torres Museum is a museum located in the city of Córdoba, Spain, which is notable for containing the largest collection of the famous Cordoban painter Julio Romero de Torres. It is located in the building of the old Hospital of la Caridad, which also houses the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba. The museum has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in the category of monument since 1962.

Wikipedia: Julio Romero de Torres Museum (EN)

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 13: Fuente del Potro

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The Potro fountain is a fountain located in the Plaza del Potro in the city of Córdoba (Spain).

Wikipedia: Fuente del Potro (ES)

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Museo de Bellas Artes

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The former Hospital of the Holy Charity of Our Lord Jesus Christ is located in the San Francisco-Ribera neighborhood of the city of Córdoba (Spain). It was founded by the Brotherhood of the Holy Charity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the fifteenth century. Today it is the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba, located in the Plaza del Potro.

Wikipedia: Hospital de la Caridad (Córdoba) (ES), Url, Facebook

554 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Silos

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The Royal Church of El Salvador and Santo Domingo de Silos and the College of Santa Catalina de Córdoba (Spain) were conceived as a single entity and constitute a set of buildings around which the urban fabric of the city is formed. It was built by the Society of Jesus in the sixteenth century.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Salvador y Santo Domingo de Silos (Córdoba) (ES)

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 16: Triunfo de San Rafael

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The Triumph of San Rafael in the Plaza de la Compañía is one of the many triumphs in the city of Córdoba (Spain) dedicated to the archangel San Rafael, guardian angel of the city. It is located in the Plaza de la Compañía and was one of the first triumphs that the city had. It was built by the contributions that the faithful made for its construction on the site that is still preserved in 1736.

Wikipedia: Triunfo de San Rafael (Plaza de la Compañía) (ES)

637 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Cristo de los Faroles

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Cristo de los Faroles

The Christ of Atonement and Mercy, popularly known as the Christ of the Lanterns, is a large Crucifix located at the Plaza de los Capuchinos in Cordoba, Spain.

Wikipedia: Christ of the Lanterns (EN), Url

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Fuente de la Fuenseca

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The Fuenseca fountain is a fountain located in the square of the same name, in the San Andrés-San Pablo neighborhood of the city of Córdoba (Spain). It was built in 1808 as a reconstruction of an older fountain. It owes its name to the low flow of the original fountain, built in the fifteenth century.

Wikipedia: Fuente de la Fuenseca (ES)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Palacio Marqués de Viana

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Palacio Marqués de Viana

The Viana Palace is a palace-museum of the city of Córdoba (Spain), located in the Santa Marina neighborhood. On March 27, 1981, he was declared a cultural interest in the monument category.

Wikipedia: Palacio de Viana (Córdoba) (ES), Website, Url

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Iglesia Conventual de San Agustin

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The Church of San Agustín is a church in Cordoba, Spain. Located in the Plaza de San Agustín, construction began in 1328, and there is evidence of the construction of the main chapel in 1335. The current appearance of the church is from the first third of the seventeenth century.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Agustín (Córdoba) (ES)

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Iglesia de San Lorenzo

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San Lorenzo is a church in Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain. Situated in the historic centre, it was one of the twelve religious buildings commissioned by king Ferdinand III of Castile in the city after its conquest in the early 13th century.

Wikipedia: San Lorenzo, Córdoba (EN)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 22: Iglesia de la Magdalena

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Santa María Magdalena is a church in Córdoba, Spain, built in the Mudejar style. It forms part of the Historic centre of Córdoba, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is named after Jesus' companion, Mary Magdalene.

Wikipedia: Santa María Magdalena, Córdoba (EN)

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 23: Iglesia de San Andrés

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The church of San Andrés is one of the so-called Fernandine churches of Córdoba (Spain). The temple was founded in the thirteenth century and underwent numerous renovations in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. On April 17, 1985 it was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest with the category of Monument.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Andrés (Córdoba) (ES)

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Jardines de Orive

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The Orive Gardens is an urban park in Córdoba (Spain), located between Pedro López Street and Orive Square.

Wikipedia: Jardines de Orive (Córdoba) (ES)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Convento de Santa Marta

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The Convento de Santa Marta is a convent in Córdoba, Spain, on Calle de Santa Marta. Founded in 1464, it belongs to the female branch of the order Hieronymites.

Wikipedia: Convento de Santa Marta (EN)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Iglesia de San Pablo

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San Pablo is a church and former convent in Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain. The present church and defunct convent were built on a space that always harbored large buildings for its location at the door of the city along one of the main access roads. A Roman Circus predated a Muslim palace before Almohad Christians built a Dominican convent.

Wikipedia: San Pablo, Córdoba (EN)

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 27: Córdoba

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Córdoba, or sometimes Cordova, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. It is the third most populated municipality in Andalusia.

Wikipedia: Córdoba, Spain (EN)

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Plaza de la Corredera

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The Plaza de la Corredera is one of the most emblematic places in the Spanish city of Cordoba. It is the only quadrangular main square in Andalusia and is located in the historic district of Axerquía. Although the first evidence of an irregular square is from the fourteenth century, the current square was built in 1683 by the architect Antonio Ramós Valdés by order of the corregidor Francisco Ronquillo Briceño. Its name comes from the bullfights that were held in this space, although autos-da-fe and executions of the Spanish Inquisition were also held.

Wikipedia: Plaza de la Corredera (ES), Url

381 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 29: Iglesia de San Pedro

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San Pedro is a minor basilica in Córdoba, Spain. The church is located in the square of the barrio (quarter) bearing its name.

Wikipedia: San Pedro (Córdoba) (EN)

970 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 30: Fuente de Canaletas

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The Canaletas fountain is a fountain located on Avenida de Barcelona in the city of Córdoba (Spain). It is a Noucentista fountain with an iron column topped by four lampposts.

Wikipedia: Fuente de Canaletas (Córdoba) (ES)

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