Cordoba

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THE ARTS Find another way of exploring Cordoba's history, culture and lifestyle at its many museums and art centres.

a a MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

The Museum of Fine Arts , located in Plaza del Potro, in the old Hospital of La Caridad, houses an interesting collection of Spanish painters, including Valdés Leal, Zurbarán, Ribera and Murillo, and sculptors from Cordoba such as Mateo Inurria and Juan de la Mesa. Sharing the same courtyard as the Museum of FineArts is the Julio Romero de Torres Museum , with works by this painter from Cordoba who achieved great popularity with paintings full of

symbolism and a certain aura of mys- tery. The museum has some of his most representative paintings such as La chiq- uita piconera and Naranjas y limones . In Plaza Jerónimo Páez, a 16th century Renaissance palace is home to the Cordoba Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum . Spread over three courtyards and eight rooms, the museum has unique pieces dating from prehistory through to the Al-Andalus period.

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