Manolete: Córdoba's Last Sad God of the Ring
Gored by the bull Islero in Linares on 28 August 1947, Manolete died aged 30 and Franco declared three days of mourning. See his statue and tomb in Córdoba.
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- Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez
Manolete was the ring name of Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, a bullfighter born in Córdoba on 4 July 1917 in Calle Conde de Torres Cabrera. He fought as many as 100 times a year and was badly gored 11 times. He died in Linares on 29 August 1947, aged 30.
His trace in the city is easiest to follow on foot. The Bullfighting Museum, in a former aristocratic mansion on Plaza de Maimónides, holds artefacts of the five bullfighting "Caliphs" of Córdoba, Manolete among them. Opposite the Church of Santa Marina, in the Santa Marina neighbourhood, a tavern keeps Manolete memorabilia. Elsewhere, a monument unveiled in 1956 stands in the Plaza del Conde de Priego, a bronze bust of 1951 in the Plaza de la Lagunilla, and his grave in the Nuestra Señora de la Salud cemetery lies beneath a recumbent marble statue.
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Places to see
In their time
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Modern Córdoba
1808–today
The Civil War reached Córdoba on 18 July 1936. UNESCO listed the Mezquita in 1984 and extended the listing to the historic centre in 1994.
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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.
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Julio Romero de Torres
1874–1930 Historical figure
Julio Romero de Torres (1874-1930) was a painter born in Córdoba. Who he was, and where to find his museum facing the Fine Arts Museum his father directed.
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