[2024 Cordoba Attraction] Travel Guide for Palacio de Viana (Updated Dec)
No.7 of Best Things to Do in Cordoba
Palaces
Address:
Plaza de Don Gomes, 2, 14001 Cordoba
Opening times:
Open tomorrow at 10:00-19:00
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
+34 957 49 67 41
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Come to Cordoba and admire the beauty of Cordoba!
I especially love this small town full of flowers, which is also one of the typical cities of cultural fusion. You can tell from its most famous Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, which has engulfed a large cathedral.
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Cordoba is not big, and all attractions are basically within walking distance.
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📍Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba: The famous Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. Before coming here, I wondered how impressive a cathedral could be, but after visiting, I feel it is definitely one of the most unique and worthwhile cathedrals to visit in Europe. It was originally the second-largest mosque in the world, later transformed into a cathedral. They didn't want to demolish the mosque, so they built the cathedral inside it. It's hard to imagine the wonder of this building without seeing it with your own eyes. The 860 columns that remain also make one curious about the past splendor of the mosque.
📍Calleja de las Flores: The famous Flower Alley, where many flower pots hang on the walls of the alley, but actually, the whole town is full of flowers, not just here.
📍Roman Bridge of Córdoba: South of the Mosque-Cathedral is the famous Roman Bridge, with 16 arches, very spectacular.
📍Alcazar of the Christian Monarchs: The castle of Cordoba.
📍Viana Palace: Cordoba is famous for its courtyards, and this is one of the most worth visiting.
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The Palacio de Viana, a Renaissance palace, is composed of 12 unique and distinctive botanical courtyards, also known as the 'Courtyard Museum'. This was the first spot I checked in at Cordoba. I arrived 10 minutes before the opening at 10 am, not many people, and it was very comfortable to stroll around.
Upon entering the first courtyard, a huge palm tree stands in the middle, with robust and stylistically shaped cycads evenly placed in front of the white walls surrounding the courtyard. The archway columns are uniformly cream yellow; the second-floor balcony irregularly hangs down bougainvillea and plumbago, setting the tone right from the start. The deeper into the courtyards you go, the more lush and dense the vegetation becomes, with a sense of hierarchy. Bougainvillea, plumbago, agapanthus, and orange trees (orange trees are also the most common botanical symbol throughout Andalusia) are the most common courtyard plants in Cordoba at this time, very beautiful.
Address: Plaza de Don Gome, 2, 14001 Cordoba
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Palacio de Viana
because of limited time, not a good time for the courtyard festival, many of the participating courtyards are not open to the public, so we chose a most representative award-winning courtyard visit, this is the Viana Palace
The Viana Palace, which has 12 beautiful courtyards, has won numerous awards at the Cordoba Garden Festival and is known as the Courtyard Museum. From the 15th century to the 20th century, after 5 centuries of construction, it now has 6,500 square meters. Viana Palace inherits the ancient Roman and Arab traditions, which makes Viana Palace a very representative courtyard in Cordoba. One of the
THE RECEPTION COURTYARD, the 16th century courtyard
courtyard in the middle of the jujube tree is very high, it seems to cover the entire courtyard
COURTYARD OF THE COLUMNS, this is the nearest courtyard, probably in In the 20th century, it was mainly used for events and celebrations.
THE GARDEN, built in the 19th century, is the largest yard of the Viana Palace, but it belongs to the courtyard, but the real garden, the Marquis nobles
COURTYARDOF THE CHAPEL, built with the same enjoyment and ethos of the aristocratic class at the time, dates back to the 17th century and is named after a chapel in the courtyard. The courtyard is surrounded by orange trees, just an orange The scenery of the garden
12 courtyards is really time-consuming to turn around. When I go in, I dont think its big. Its really going to go more and more.