Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

Historic Building and Museum in Córdoba

Plaza Del Potro, Cordoba
CC BY-SA 3.0 / Américo Toledano

The Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba or Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba is a museum founded in 1844 in Córdoba, Spain. It is located in the building of the old Hospital of la Caridad or the Old Hospital of Charity which also houses the Museum Julio Romero de Torres.

The Collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

It harbors a range of paintings of Andalusian baroque, as well as numerous works from other ages representing fine art from the 14th century to present. Paintings that can be seen include works by famous Spanish painters such as Goya, Murillo, Valdés, Zurbarán stand out, Alejo Fernandez, Antonio del Castillo, Valdés Leal or the brothers Rafael and Julio Romero de Torres.

Its rooms shelter in addition an exquisite sample of the Spanish sculptors of them the XVII century and the XIX century, with Juan de Mesa and Mateo Inurria like protagonists.

Ground floor of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

  • Room IV: Baroque art
  • Room V: Art of the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Room VI: Art of the 20th century

Upper floor of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

  • Room I: Drawings and prints
  • Room II: Medieval art
  • Room III: Mannerist art

The Hospital of la Caridad

The building is well worth a visit in itself, with its charming little courtyard packed with orange trees and a Baroque staircase with a carved wooden ceiling featuring chamfered (rounded-off) corners.


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Visiting Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

Hours:

9am-3pm Tue-Sun mid-Jun–mid-Sep, 9am-8pm Tue-Sat & 9am-3pm Sun mid-Sep–mid-Jun


Price:

EU Citizen/other free/€1.50

Address: Plaza del Potro, 1, 14002 Córdoba, Spain
Telephone: +34 957 10 36 59
Duration: 20 minutes

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