Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba — Attraction in Córdoba

A small museum showcasing local works. Worth a visit if you love art. €1.50 entry or free for European citizens. Be careful to go to the right museum. The person at the ticket desk, or rather near the ticket desk chatting to someone, told me to go inside to the right and insisted even when I asked again. That turned out to be the entrance to the Julio Romero de Torres museum which costs €4 payable only by card. It might be fine, but it wasn’t what I came to see. I went back to the first ticket booth and ended up getting an entry ticket to the museum of Fine Art which is what I came to see. It shouldn’t be that hard to enter a public museum. Some of the reviews here and the photos are actually about the Romero de Torres museum so I don’t think I’m the only one who has been directed to...

If you love art and are in Cordoba you must not miss this delightful museum. It is small but does not put a foot wrong. Almost everything deserves its place, it covers a wide range from Renaissance to today and has a small but especially strong section of 20th century sculpture. Just enjoy it but don't fail to leave time for the Julio Romero de Torres museum across the courtyard. This is perhaps the jewel in the crown. Not much known outside Spain he is such a wonderful painter. He loves women and paints them with exuberance, joy and profound if playful respect. The museums are effectively free for pensioners but the guardian found me unconvincing because I have plenty of hair! My passport did the trick. It was a good joke which set the...

This is a super gallery, featuring some permanent artworks, with a space for temporary exhibitions. Accessed via a charming garden, it is housed in a former hospital (among various other previous uses), and is, itself, a beautiful building. Particularly striking are some artworks painted on the original plasterwork of a very impressive stairway, those images dating back to the 14th century.

Yet another super element in Córdoba’s offering to visitors.

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