One of the corners that you can see on your walk through the historic center of Cordova, riding a Andalusia, is known as Cuesta del Bailío.
It is a historic sloping street, now with a large staircase, which linked the upper areas of Córdoba (Medina) with the lower zone (Farmhouse), and which crossed the old wall of Roman origin with a gate.
For see the Cuesta del Bailío You can access it from the lower part on Alfaros Street, in the area where the fernandina churches. And from the upper part, you will arrive from another of the most characteristic corners of Cordova, Christ of the Lanterns in the Capuchin Square.
Why is it called Cuesta del Bailío?
The history of this famous hill of Córdoba You find it on an information sign at the top of it.
The name of bailio refers to the knight of the Order of Saint John who, due to seniority or special grace, acquired the distinction of dance. And the reason the slope is called that way is because the house that is located at the top of it was the residence in the 16th century of Brother Pedro Nuñez de Herrera, who in his day was Bailío de Lors, and which belonged to the Fernández de Córdoba family.
And what will you see on your visit to the Cuesta del Bailío?
If you come from the next Capuchin Square, in front you will find the wide and steep staircase with 32 steps, although before the reform of the 40s, the slope did not have the same.
On the right you will precisely see the Bailío House, on whose façade the Renaissance doorway from 1530 will catch your attention.
The building is currently shared by a foundation and a hotel and, although I have not had the opportunity to see it, inside there are wall paintings with scenes from the life of the Great Captain (Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba) and a neo-Arabic style room.
At the top of the stairs Bailío House There is a fountain, and when you go down the steps and turn your head, you will see that at the top the bell tower of the nearby one stands out. church of the Capuchin Convent.
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