Arte y Turismo en Córdoba. La mirada de David Roberts Romantic Córdoba in three lithographs by David Roberts
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About the event
The Museo de Bellas Artes is showing three prints by David Roberts, a travelling painter of British Romanticism, to explain the birth of modern tourism and the monumental image of Córdoba in the 19th century. Until 18 October.
Key points
- Lithographs from Picturesque Sketches in Spain (1837)
- The Albolafia mill and the Roman bridge
- Until 18 October
What you will see
To mark World Tourism Day, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba is devoting a small exhibition to David Roberts (1796-1864), one of the most celebrated travelling painters of British Romanticism. Roberts toured Spain between 1832 and 1833 and published his sketches in “Picturesque Sketches in Spain” (1837), the source of the three lithographs on show. They depict the riverfront with the Roman bridge, the mills and the Mezquita-Catedral in the background; the Albolafia mill beside the remains of the Umayyad aqueduct and the Puerta del Puente; and the courtyard of a former mosque. The exhibition explains how those prints, which served as travel guides, helped to build Córdoba's monumental image in the eyes of Europe and laid the foundations of tourism.
Getting there and tickets
The Museo de Bellas Artes is at plaza del Potro 1. The exhibition can be seen until 18 October 2026 during the museum's opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 09:00 to 21:00 and Sundays and public holidays from 09:00 to 15:00. It is closed on Mondays, except those that fall on the eve of a public holiday. On 12 October it opens with public holiday hours. For more information, the museum can be reached on 957 01 58 58 and by e-mail at museobellasartescordoba.ccul@juntadeandalucia.es.
