Castizo Spain

Heritage towns in Córdoba

12 towns in this province.

Priego de Córdoba heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Priego de Córdoba

An Andalusian hilltop city in Córdoba province, its Moorish old quarter, Arab castle, and more than thirty listed heritage sites making it one of the most historically layered towns in the region.

Zuheros heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Zuheros

Perched on a rocky outcrop in Córdoba province, Zuheros pairs a Moorish castle and a cave with fossil remains with the unhurried whitewashed streets of a classic Andalusian hill village.

Lucena heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Lucena

A city in Córdoba province where Julius Caesar once fought, where Jews built a medieval quarter known as the Pearl of Sepharad, and where Granada's last emir ended up imprisoned in a castle tower.

Baena heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Baena

A Córdoba hill town where Iberian lions, Moorish walls, and a castle-crowned old quarter trace more than two thousand years of continuous human settlement.

Montilla heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Montilla

A Córdoba town whose roots stretch from prehistoric flint-knappers to the birthplace of Spain's greatest Renaissance general, set among the vineyards of Andalucía.

Aguilar de la Frontera heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Aguilar de la Frontera

A hilltop town in Córdoba province where Ibero-Roman ruins, a medieval castle, and baroque churches trace two thousand years of contested history on the edge of the old Granadan frontier.

Belalcázar heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Belalcázar

A castle town in northern Córdoba province where a medieval fortress, two convents, and Civil War bunkers stand together on the same skyline.

Bujalance heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Bujalance

A Caliphate-era fortress whose seven towers gave a whole town its name, standing over the fertile Córdoba countryside on an ancient road between Córdoba and Jaén.

Dos Torres heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Dos Torres

A town born from two medieval settlements on the old frontier of Córdoba, its Mudéjar church, Baroque altarpiece, manor houses, and string of hilltop hermitages telling the story of centuries of divided loyalties and quiet ambition.

Montoro heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Montoro

A white Andalucían town above a great meander of the Guadalquivir, its old quarter dense with Gothic-Mudéjar churches, noble stone doorways, and layers of history stretching back five thousand years to the edge of the Córdoba plain.

Palma del Río heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
Palma del Río

A walled Andalusian town on the Guadalquivir in Córdoba province, where a Moorish alcazaba, medieval ramparts, and a clutch of convents and palaces trace ten centuries of layered history.

La Carlota heritage town, Córdoba
Córdoba
La Carlota

A planned Enlightenment town built from scratch in 1767 to populate the wilds of Córdoba, its grid streets, Baroque parish church, and Central European surnames still tell the story of King Carlos III's grand colonial experiment.