XX Jornadas de Historia Cardenal Portocarrero: "Los Portocarrero y Palma del Río" Twenty years of history conferences in Palma del Río
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About the event
The Jornadas de Historia Cardenal Portocarrero reach their twentieth edition with papers on the nobility in early modern Spain and the Portocarrero lineage. They are directed by Professor Soledad Gómez Navarro. There will be choral music, an exhibition and a guided visit to the Portocarrero palace.
Key points
- Keynote paper by Enrique Soria Mesa on the nobility
- Performance by the Coral Eloy Viro
- Closing with a guided visit to the Portocarrero palace
What you'll see
Palma del Río holds the twentieth edition of its Jornadas de Historia Cardenal Portocarrero under the title "Los Portocarrero y Palma del Río". They are directed by Soledad Gómez Navarro, professor at the Universidad de Córdoba. The programme opens with a keynote paper by Enrique Soria Mesa, "Un retrato de familia. La nobleza en la España Moderna". Gloria Lora Serrano will speak about the ladies of Palma and the nobility of the Kingdom of Córdoba in the late Middle Ages. Manuel Muñoz Rojo will deal with Cardinal Luis Manuel Fernández Portocarrero, regent of Spain, and Juan Antonio Zamora with Joaquín Portocarrero, ninth Count of Palma. The director will look back over two decades of conferences. The programme is completed by the Coral Eloy Viro, an exhibition by the magazine Ariadna and a virtual tour by Saxoferreo.
Getting there
The conference is held on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November 2026 at the Espacio Cultural Santa Clara in Palma del Río, the former convent in the heart of the old town. The Coral Eloy Viro will perform on Friday evening and the conference will close with a guided visit to the Portocarrero palace. It is organised by Palma del Río Town Council, which also awards grants to the town's best academic records. The presentation gave no times and did not say whether registration is needed.
