PALACIO DE LOS CÓRDOVA (PALACE OF LOS CÓRDOVA)
Cuesta del Chapiz nº 2-4 18010 Granada 958 227 952
Contact: Marisa Peso // Concha Gamero
Palacio Córdova: 50-seats room, 25-seats room. Outside area: 300 people. Hallway patio: 150 people.
The Palace of Los Córdova was built at Placecta de las Descalzas around 1530 and was finished by 1592. Its owner was Luis Fernández de Córdova, Great Lieutenant of Granada and Governor of the town of Villanueva de la Fuente. It is unknown when the Córdova family sold this building. Francisco de Paula Valladar writes in 1911 that "after being factories, companies, wood warehouses, etc., it is today a property of a company or community which hires it for city warehousing purposes...". In 1919, after being bought by Ricardo Martín Flores, it was demolished in order to build the Gran Capitán Theatre; however the important historic and artistic features were moved to the "Villa María" estate on the road to Pulianas.
In the 60s, these treasures were going to be transferred to Córdoba. However, Mayor Manuel Sola convinced the Duke of Montellano, married to Hilda Fernández de Córdova, to rebuild the palace giving him 100.000 pesetas in advance. Following the plans of Architect Álvarez de Toledo from Málaga they start the reconstruction of the palace on a state located at the beginning of Cuesta del Chapiz. The construction works began in 1965. In 1983 the Granada City Council bought the Palacio de los Córdova in order to instal there the City Historical Archive, opened to public in August 1984.
