Art and culture in small doses: galleries and museums in the towns of CórdobaAJ Gonzalez
Cordova It is a province with a great historical, cultural and archaeological heritage which is not only exhibited in the capital’s museums, but is also open to visitors in most unknown museum sites but no less relevant in various locations.
Besides, the offer of art in the form of galleries it is also open to proposals that connect from the Rural environment with the painting, sculpture and other forms expression. In short, Córdoba shows all its potential in museums and art galleries that we want to show you.
Municipal Historical-Archaeological Museum of Baena
Many sculptures from the Torreparedones site can be seen in the Baena Archaeological Museum.
Opened in 2010 in the Casa de la Terciahistoric building from the late 18th century, the Municipal Historical-Archaeological Museum of BaenaIt has an important heritage distributed over several floors. In addition to prehistoric remains, the most important pieces of this center revolve around the Iberian and Roman timeswith sculptures from the sites of TorreparedonesCerro del Minguillar, Cerro de los Molinillos and Torre Morana. Highlights the thoracata of Emperor Claudius, another large sculpture of Augustus and several of figures from the imperial family.
Goat History
In Goat We can enjoy two relevant museums. He Aguilar and Eslavalocated in the educational center of the same name, collects samples of painting and sculpture, in addition to the documentary collection of one of the oldest educational institutions in the province. For his part, the Archeological Museum of goatthe oldest local museum in the province, houses several carvings very relevant to the history of art: he Eros asleep, Dionysus and a replica of a unique copy of the Mithras Tauroctonosfrom the Provincial Archaeological Site.
Historical-Archaeological Museum of Almedinilla
Festival of Mars at the site of the Roman town of El Ruedo de Almedinilla.
Without leaving the Córdoba Subbéticaso rich in art and culturewith ancient roots, we come to Almedinilla, which has several relevant archaeological excavations. In one of them, the necropolis of El Ruedothe statue of the god Hypnos was found, a sculpture of Hermaphrodite and several falcatas, these, from a nearby Iberian town. All of this can be enjoyed in the Historical-Archaeological Museum of Almedinilla.
Lucena, cradle of medieval art
Print from the Thematic Center of Romantic Banditry of Lucena.
In Lucena we can enjoy several museums and artistic exhibitions that will delight all types of visitors. From the House Museum of the Virgin of Araceliheadquarters of the very popular brotherhood of the same name, to the permanent exhibition of Lucentina velon craftsmanshipin the House ofBlackberry. In it Romantic Banditry Theme Center The history of the bandit phenomenon is displayed on four exhibition floors. Besides. The Palace of the Counts of Santa Ana, from the 17th century, houses the Lucena interpretation center. Finally, Lucena has the Archaeological and Ethnological Museum located in the Castillo del Moral. A medieval fortress that can now be visited to enjoy the splendor of the Jewish Lucena of that vital period in the history of our province.
Food for the soul in Los Pedroches
Museum of the Alcaracejos Massacre.
We now travel north, to the Los Pedroches Valley, where the Marcos Redondo Museum, in Pozoblanco. The famous musician born in Ciudad Real and known for his great baritone voice lived in this town. Near, in Alcaracejosone can satisfy one’s appetite by going to the Museum of Slaughterwhere in addition to food for the body you will find food for the soul.
Quince in Puente Genil
Quince.
Curious is the room that is located in the Provincial Historical Museum of Genil Bridge. In addition to ceramics, vessels, statues and columns that span the ancient and medieval ages, in room III we find a quince sweet analysis. The Prieguense agri-food industry opens up at a museum level here, where we can learn about the manufacturing process of this material and the historical and cultural background of the people who have worked on this culinary art throughout history.
The passing of the centuries in Montoro
Praying Angel of Montoro.
In Montorowe found a Very interesting Archaeological Museumsince it has a important archaeological and paleontological collection. Furthermore, it highlights its warrior’s stele, a testimony in stone of the military elite of that time no more and no less than 13 centuries before Jesus Christ was born. He Praying Angelwork of the famous sculptor Mateo Inurria when he was barely 14 years old, it is another of his great attractions. And no less interesting is the thoracata of a roman emperor dating from the 1st century after Christ.
A head of state in Priego
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora.
A museum is not less important because it collects events and stories from the 20th century. This is what happens with the Niceto Alcalá-Zamora House Museum, located in Priego de Córdoba, the town where this president of the Second Spanish Republic was born. The head of state that Priego donated to Spain lived in this building on 33 Río Street, which captures, in detail, the personality of this distinguished man of the province.
Special trio from Palma
Snapshot of the House Museum of ‘El Cordobés’.
In Palm of the River We have three museums very special. The first, the municipal one, due to its location, in the building of the historic Stables, renovated just a few years ago. The other two, due to the materials they contain: Vitorio and Lucchino Museum It houses the assets transferred by the couturiers’ foundation to the Palma City Council; Meanwhile he Manuel Benitez Museum The Cordovan It captures the life struggle and improvement of the bullfighter.
Art permeates the province
Finally, among the art galleries in the province, as a differential element of pure humanistic creation, two key centers stand out. The first is O Gallery Contemporary Creation Spacein Las Navas del Selpillar (Lucena). The second is the gallery The ant, in Priego de Córdoba.
