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Illustration of a mustachioed, dark-haired man in a dark early twentieth-century suit and tie, seated at an easel painting a woman's portrait in a sunlit whitewashed Córdoba courtyard with orange trees and potted geraniums
Artist Modern Córdoba1808–today

Julio Romero de Torres

Lived 1874–1930 (about 56 years)

Also known as
Romero de Torres

Julio Romero de Torres was a painter born in Córdoba on 9 November 1874, the son of Rafael Romero Barros, who directed the city's Fine Arts Museum. Turismo de Córdoba calls him the most popular painter of the regionalist style in Andalusia. He died on 10 May 1930.

His trace in the city is two museums within sight of each other. The Museo Julio Romero de Torres was created in 1931 by the Ayuntamiento de Córdoba to house his collection, in his former residence. Just in front of it stands the Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba, the institution his father ran. Visit both in one outing and the family story reads in stone.

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Places to see

Plaza del Potro with its Renaissance fountain and historic facades
Plaza del Potro
Gallery room at the Museo Julio Romero de Torres with portraits of Andalusian women
Museo Julio Romero de Torres
Façade of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba in the historic Plaza del Potro
Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

In their time

  1. Modern Córdoba

    1808–today

    In June 1808 French troops sacked Córdoba for four days, after a Spanish militia broke at the Alcolea bridge. The Civil War reached the city on 18 July 1936. UNESCO listed the Mezquita in 1984 and extended the listing to the historic centre in 1994.

    1. Plaza de las Tendillas

      1925–1927 Monument

      Córdoba's central square, with a clock that chimes guitar chords on the hour. Equestrian statue of El Gran Capitán, terrace cafés and the main shopping streets.

    2. Manolete

      1917–1947 Historical figure

      Manolete (1917-1947) was the Córdoba bullfighter fatally gored in Linares at 30. Who he was, and where his trace survives in Córdoba: museum, bust and grave.

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