Twin first floor A tapestry made in silk and inspired on the smile of Budha
Small double Headboard made in aubergine criesed velvet by V. Valls.
Double courtyard A tapestry made in silk and inspired on the smile of Budha. “Tiger Lines” by Rocío Moreno.
Double first floor A set of two tapestries made in silk inspired on oriental themes. “Susani” by Rocío Moreno
Double terrace Headboard made in prussian blue criesed velvet by V. Valls.
Junior suite courtyard Tapestry made in silk by Rocío Moreno, inspired in astral interaction
Junior suite street Tapestry titled “Tie Dye”, by the artist Rocío Moreno
Twin courtyard Tapestry made in silk of Andalusí inspiration. “Fez Embroiderie” by Rocío Moreno
Nowadays Córdoba is quite an active city. Shows and cultural events are daily programmed throughout the many flourishing spaces the city has to that end. We have gathered here the most relevant sites in the web, so you are at all times informed about what is happening in the city.
This first edition of FLORA brought 8 international floral artists that transformed the Festival’s chosen patios into 8 unrecognizable stunning spaces. Located in some of the most representative buildings of Córdoba, this works have resulted in a delightful little tour through memory, art and heritage. These ephemeral floral installations will be open to the general public from the 20th to the 29th of October.
Peaceful and beautiful.
Very central in Cordoba, peaceful, calm, beautiful room, friendly staff, lovely stay. Its not v obvious and chintzy which some places in Cordoba can be. Next time we will plan ahead and ask for the meditation session too.
Luxurious hospitality. When we got to Córdoba it was 108ºF and we could not be more miserable. Then we walked into Viento 10 and Gerrardo, the owner, greeted us with refreshing lemonade and a friendly conversation, exactly what we needed. The rest followed suit, with his recommendations for restaurants and the beautiful room and amenities, which included access to a spa.........
Hidden Gem
This hotel was such a special surprise. It was hidden away on a tiny cobblestone street in the quietest part of town. Immaculately clean with wonderful personal hospitality and beautifully decorated. I would stay there again with pleasure. I had a wonderful breakfast on departure day.
“Un diseño moderno y altamente confortable”
La atención personalizada de los dueños y todo el staff es impecable.
El desayuno es una explosión de sabores.
"Se respira un ambiente relajado y tranquilo cuando traspasas la puerta del hotel. Excelente hotel para una escapada a Cordoba, detalles cuidados, desayuno y habitación perfectos. Volveremos."
“CARMEN ES EL ALMA DEL HOTEL.”
Sinceramente, nuestra experiencia en el hotel fue fantástica gracias a la impecable atención de Carmen, su encargada de recepción. Un placer haberte conocido!.
Cordoba merece un hotel como este. Maravilloso trabajo de rehabilitación para conseguir un espacio único y muy agradable...acogedor...bien climatizado y con espacios higiénicos muy modernos y cómodos. ...buena ubicación y un trato muy simpatico
"A fantastic renovation"
So cool. Whitewashed rooms with stained concrete floors. Simple modern furnishings. Great rainforest shower with frosted glass doors. Lots of natural light. Interior courtyard with a lounge. Pretty table setting for breakfast - coffee, homemade cake, toast with olive oil, tomato and shaved Iberico ham. Very friendly staff... Highly recommend this beautiful place.
My Favorite Hotel in Spain, maybe the whole of Europe
"Excelente"
Es un hotel muy tranquilo, bien ubicado. El trato excelente y el desayuno, inmejorable. Las habitaciones tienen buen tamaño, con camas cómodas. Todo está muy limpio y mimado, hasta el olor, muy agradable por las flores que decoran el hotel. Muy recomendable.
“Lovely, relaxing stay”
We only had one night in this hotel unfortunately. Our room was lovely and the shower and bathroom huge.
“Lindo hotel cerca a la mezquita. La decoración es muy moderna y minimalista"
"La atención fue excelente.
El diseño del hotel inmejorable.
La ubicación, sin estar en el centro, era perfecta a la hora de comer, cenar o tomar una copa"
“Diseño y atención.”
Un lujo tener un jaccuzzi privado para tí.
Nos recomendaron sitios para cenar estupendos. Gracias a las chicas.
la perfection.Petit hôtel parfaitement décoré de façon moderne tendance zen. Chambre spacieuse calme grande. Un propriétaire parfait disponible et attentionné , le meilleur petit déjeuner pris dans un hôtel en Espagne. Nous sommes repartis enchantés. Seul bémol , il est très difficile de trouver le même hôtel dans une autre ville, on est déçu après avoir séjourné dans cet endroit.......
Hotel tranquille et moderne.
L'accueil est parfait, la localisation de l'hôtel est idéale car à proximité des activités tout en étant très calme. La décoration des chambres est sobre et moderne. Elles sont spacieuses et lumineuses, le tout organisé autour d'un joli patio.
perfect stay in cordoba. Beautiful quite place in centre of Cordoba with very gentle, even "zen" owner. Design hotel room Excellent "fresh" breakfast Private parking space nearby. All you need for a beautiful stay in Cordoba!
kleines, tolles hotel. Ganz persönlich geführtes Hotel, in einem historischen Gebäude modern interpretiert. Sehr geschmackvoll, sauber und ruhig. Zu erwähnen ist das gesamte Personal, welches bei Empfehlungen für Restaurants und anderen Fragen immer tolle Tipps gegeben haben. Die Zimmer sind sehr unterschiedlich. Wir hatten ein sehr kleines, kuscheliges Zimmer im 1. Stock. Für drei Nächte völlig ausreichend. Bei Temperaturen um 40 Grad haben wir die kleine Dach-Terrasse leider nicht genießen können, sonst ein toller Ort, um mal zu relaxen. Alles in allem ein schöner Aufenthalt. Danke an Carmen , Gerardo und sein Team!
"For design and atmosphere lovers"
Viento10 is a perfect place to explore Cordoba. All sightseeings in walking distance. The hotel has a great architecture, rooms around a "patio". Room 7 spacious and stylish. Parking easy and close. Gerardo and his team gave us a warm wellcome and a delicious breakfast.
Or the fact –and this will be the main theme of the article– that the city’s oldest churches are astonishingly alike the Gothic and Romanesque temples built in Castilla y León. There are eight churches of this kind: the Fernandina churches. There were originally twelve but some obviously were lost. Yet another curious note: the Fernandina churches were not built under the rule of Fernando III but under the rule of Alfonso X the Wise.
These Córdoba churches tend to ignore all foreign Gothic fashions to focus and reproduce the techniques and style of the Northern-Spain temples, although there is a slight difference: the Mudejar features. The first Bishop of the city after we, the Christians, retook it from the Muslims in 1236 was a member of the Order of the Cistercians, very popular in the North of Spain, hence the architectural preferences when building the new churches for the city which were built using the models of Burgos and Osma churches.
Detail of the main entrance of Sain Lorenzo church.
THE CISTERCIANS TEMPLES.
The majority of the Cistercians constructions are of Romanesque style, however it was common that they incorporated a rib vault and also certain types of arches. The Cistercian architecture style is known to be quite austere. Cistercians’ arches, capitals and other spaces of the temple are barely ornamented and when they are these ornaments are limited to floral or geometrical motifs.
Contrary to the architecture style of Cluny’s churches and convents, Cistercian churches were painted in white avoiding all sorts of mural figurative paintings, also windows could only come in white glass. It all made for great illuminated spaces although depriving us all from colorful stained glass works.
Due to the solid and thick walls of Cistercians churches their exterior presented a squared appearance. This image, however, changes the moment one stepped inside them. From the outside one sees something closer to a fortress but inside its high quasi-Gothic ceilings and wonderful naves would leave anyone in awe.
Cistercian construction introduced light entrance in their western facades: windows of a circular shape. These light entrances would gain greater complexity and technical grandeur with rose windows. We could find a good example in the church of Saint Lorenzo.
The facades of Cistercian churches are of big proportions, making an intensive use of columns with arches of different kinds. Cistercian garnishment tend to be austere to non-existent or limited to geometrical shapes.
The church of Saint Miguel.
THE CHURCHES OF CÓRDOBA
All the Fernandina churches of Córdoba adopted the style of the small Cistercian buildings: an apse consisting of a pentagonal shrine with corridors leading up to two smaller shrines at each side. From the outside these Fernadina churches are very simple: the main facade has one single door and one big rose window with smaller ones for the corridors. The bell towers were added later on during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries.
Despite suffering the effects of time and other natural and human-caused disasters the churches held their ground and since the beginning of the XXth century they have enjoyed a continuous phase of restoration so that they could safely recover their original state and shape. Baroque garnishments have been taken down, closed doors reopened, etc.
Saint Pablo, the oldest of the Gothic churches of Córdoba and the only one with intact Romanesque parts built in it; the original state of the nave is better preserved than the outside appearance. The last big restoration was made during the past century. The church is bigger than its Fernandina counterparts.
The church of Saint Lorenzo was built at the beginning of the XIVth century but the interior of the church was then rebuilt the following century. It has a beautiful rose window and bell tower, designed by Hernán Ruiz.
Saint Marina is one the purest examples of this type of churches. It is flanked by four asymmetrical buttresses. The bell tower was completely restored in the XIXth century and the las big restoration was our current XXIst century.
La Magdalena is perhaps the temple that has suffered the most from earthquakes to fires, the last one having taken place in the 80’s. The Southern and Western entrances were closed during the XVIIth century and reopened during the first half of the XXth century. As of today is no longer exclusively a place for mass.
From the original church of Saint Andrés there is only an apse left that can be seen from the small corridor that surrounds the church and a Gothic front restored during the XXth century that was the original main entrance to the temple. The ornamentation differs form the rest for it was the last one to be built, during the XVth century.
Right in the very same street of our hotel we find the church of Santiago. A fire destroyed all its interior and had to be reconstructed. It has the biggest rose window out of all Fernandina churches and its bell tower was previously the a minaret of a mosque on top of which the new Christian church was built.
Rose window of the church of Santiago seen from a rooftop in Viento street.
As of today the tour Fernandina churches of Córdoba is organized by the Town Hall. It comes free if you have previously visited the Mezquita, otherwise it will cost you 5 euros. Although you can also come in for free if you go to mass.
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Pictures taken by Luis Calvo Anguís.
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