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The Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, the Castle of the Christian Monarchs, is a formidable fortress-palace built from 1328 by King Alfonso the Eleventh of Castile, on the site of earlier Roman, Visigothic and Moorish structures beside the river. Its square towers and battlemented walls enclose cool courtyards, halls displaying fine Roman mosaics, and, most gloriously, a series of terraced gardens filled with long reflecting pools, fountains, orange trees and flowers, among the most beautiful in Spain. The Alcázar played a starring role in world history: the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, used it as a base during the long final campaign against Moorish Granada, and it was here, around 1486, that they first received the navigator Christopher Columbus to hear his plan to sail west to the Indies. For centuries afterwards, more darkly, the castle served as a headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition.
Fatti principali
- 1328 year — King Alfonso XI began building the fortress-palace beside the river
- 1486 year — Ferdinand and Isabella received Columbus here to hear his plan to sail west
- 1 gardens — Terraced gardens of pools and fountains are among the loveliest in Spain
📍 Avenida del Alcázar, 14004, Córdoba