A walk through the Cordoba Jewish Quarter will offer you various corners of interest, beyond the essential visit of the Mosque.
Indeed, in Cordova when you are going to access the beautiful Patio de los Naranjos that extends along the north façade in the wall where the door of forgiveness you will surely go through a altarpiece that will catch your attention.
This is the Virgin of the Lanterns, which is located next to the Caño Gordo gate, close to the aforementioned Puerta del Perdón, the main access to the old mosque of the andalusian city.
This altarpiece, which is accessed by stairs, acquires its name from the lanterns that illuminate it from the fence that surrounds it.
The altarpiece shows a painting that represents a Immaculate.
When the original painting was destroyed by fire in 1928, the Córdoba City Council commissioned the great local artist Julio Romero de Torres a new work.
Years later it was decided that, given its artistic value, the work would be kept in the museum that in Cordova is dedicated to the aforementioned Julio Romero de Torres and, therefore, the painting that you can now see on the altarpiece is a copy made by his own son.
Finally, I remind you that in the same city, and not far from the aforementioned altarpiece, you can also see the corner known as the Christ of the Lanterns, in the pretty Capuchin Square.
The figure of this monument is from the end of the 18th century, although the fences and lanterns that surround it are from more recent times.
As you will see on your trip to the Andalusian city, the lanterns have a great role in its streets.
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