6 Art Museums in Cordoba That You Shouldn't Miss

February 27, 2022 Jeremy Dunfee

Córdoba was once the premier city of the Western World, the greatest metropolis west of Constantinople, and the seat of Europe’s first university. Today, there’s a modern commercial center, but most travelers love strolling the town’s ancient cobblestone streets, peeking through gates for glimpses of lush flowers and beautiful tiled fountains.
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1. Museo de Julio Romero de Torres

Plaza Potro 1, 14002 Cordoba Spain +34 957 49 19 09 http://museojulioromero.cordoba.es/
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4.5 based on 613 reviews

Museo de Julio Romero de Torres

Reviewed By SusaMasa - Helsinki, Finland

We did not know about this fairly famous Spanish artist before visiting the museum. He is known for his great paintings of Andalucian women. If you visit the Carmen Thyssen museum in Granada, you will see a couple of his works there as well. Recommended.

2. Museo del Guadameci Omeya. Exposicion de Ramon Garcia Romero y Jose Carlos V. Garcia

Plaza Agrupacion de Cofradias 2, 14003 Cordoba Spain +34 957 05 01 31 [email protected] http://www.artesobrepiel.com/inicio/
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Museo del Guadameci Omeya. Exposicion de Ramon Garcia Romero y Jose Carlos V. Garcia

This Museum-House is unique in the world as it shows the recovery of the original Omeya techniques to work on the leather used like decoration. All this thanks to our master Mr. Ramón García Romero and Jose Carlos Villarejo García, research artists on Caliphal and sumptuary techniques which were developed in Cordoba in the 10th century. In particular, you will learn on the genuine Omeya labour regarding their git-leather panels (guadamecíes), which became extraordinarily famous around the world due to their esthetic quality and outstanding beauty. This gilt-leather panel (guadamecí) was a really appreciated piece which showed a plant and geometric design. It consisted in gilding the leather so as, later, to get it polychromed and ironed and used almost exclusively in important houses and palaces.

Reviewed By belem49

We found this little museum by chance. It's a wonderful showcase of Ramón García Romero's life's work: sumptuous leather decorated with gold and silver leaf, chased and painted, in the "guadamecí" style of the Umayyad dynasty (who ruled Córdoba 929-1017). I'd never seen anything like it, and I'm really happy we went. All the work in the house-museum deserves a closer look; it's a small museum but we went twice for over an hour each time, and could have happily gone more. The pictures draw you in and they all have a huge amount of detail that you just can't take in all at once. García Romero's work spans so many styles - from traditional designs through Cubistic chickens to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The gentleman in charge of the museum when we went is the artist's cousin. He is very friendly and enthusiastic about the work on display. He doesn't speak a lot of English, but the written descriptions on the walls are well translated and the work speaks for itself. The curator/attendant's son has carried on the family tradition, and produced the guadamecí work on sale in the shop. The museum is completely free - though it's well worth making a contribution to its upkeep in the discreet box in the final room (by the visitors' book). It's all on the ground floor, with a series of connecting rooms housing the work.

3. Centro de Arte Rafael Boti

Calle Manriquez 5, 14003 Cordoba Spain
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4.5 based on 8 reviews

Centro de Arte Rafael Boti

4. Centro de Arte Pepe Espaliu

Calle Rey Heredia, 1, 14003 Cordoba Spain +34 957 48 50 01
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Centro de Arte Pepe Espaliu

5. Museo de Bellas Artes de Cordoba

Plaza del Potro 1, 14002 Cordoba Spain +34 957 10 36 59 [email protected] http://www.museosdeandalucia.es/web/museodebellasartesdecordoba
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Museo de Bellas Artes de Cordoba

Created by Real Order in 1844, Museum of Fine Arts, Cordoba went over through differnt city buildings until 1862. On that date Rafael Romero Barros came to work like curator-restorator and the Museum finally established in it actual place, the disentailed Hospital of Charity at Plaza of Potro. This building was built in late XVth century,being alterated in XVIth and XVIIIth centuries. The last alteration was in XXth century, under the direction of Enrique Romero de Torres, son and successor of Romero Barros. From 1984, Junta de Andalucia, the regional goverment, manage the Museum of Fine Arts. From that time, the Museum shows a selection of masterworks from its collection. Through its rooms is represented the Cordobesian Art from XVth to XXI centuries, with canvas, sculptures and mural. The room I shows temporary exhibitions with drawings and prints of Museum collection.

Reviewed By 637susanv - Johannesburg, South Africa

This museum is housed in the former Hospital of Charity and has an excellent collection of Spanish paintings from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Worth seeking out.

6. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo C3A

C/ Carmen Olmedo Checa, s/n ATENCION... cuidado. hay dos calles con el mismo nombre., Cordoba Spain +34 957 10 74 70 http://www.c3a.es/
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Centro de Arte Contemporaneo C3A

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