Plaza de la Corredera

The Plaza de la Corredera is one of the city’s key landmarks, located in the heart of Córdoba. It stands out with its quadrangular layout, rarely seen in Andalusia and reminiscent of the plazas found in Castile. It’s the city’s main square and one of its most frequented sites. Built in 1683 on what had likely been an informal public gathering place, the Plaza de la Corredera once hosted bullfights. In fact, it was the bullfighter Francisco Ronquillo Briceño who commissioned its construction. Two historic buildings line the square, the Mercado de Sánchez Peña, which was once both a prison and town hall before becoming the market it is today and the once private residences at Casas de Doña Ana Jacinto, named after a local woman who fought to keep her home when redevelopment threatened the area. She won her case and received a royal decree allowing her to stay. With its striking architecture and 16th-century buildings, this square is steeped in history, especially given that archaeological excavations have revealed it may have been the site of a Roman circus dating back to the 1st or 2nd century AD.