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The Baños del Alcázar Califal are the remains of the great bathhouse that served the caliphal palace of Córdoba, the residence of the rulers who governed the western Islamic world at the height of the city's glory in the tenth century. Far grander than a public bath, this was a royal hammam, where the caliphs and their court bathed, relaxed and conducted the ceremony of power. Excavated beneath the gardens of the Campo Santo de los Mártires, the baths preserve the classic sequence of cold, warm and hot rooms, with horseshoe arches and vaults pierced by star-shaped skylights, all in the refined Umayyad style. An interpretation centre explains the central role of bathing and water in Islamic court life. The baths lie beside the gardens of the later Christian Alcázar, neatly illustrating how the Christian kings built their fortress right next to the heart of the old Moorish palace.
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- 10 century — The royal baths served the caliphal palace at the height of Córdoba's glory
- 1 hammam — A royal bathhouse with the classic cold, warm and hot rooms
- 1 palace — The baths belonged to the caliphs' palace, beside the later Christian Alcázar
📍 Plaza Campo Santo de los Mártires 8, 14004, Córdoba