Reconstructed 10th-century Arabic Bathhouse in Cordoba: Current Status

The Baños de la Pescadería, Arab baths or hammam in Cordoba, Spain, date back to the 10th century but were later reformed in the 14th and 15th centuries. The complex was declared a cultural heritage site in 1954.

Currently under archaeological study and renovation, the Baños de la Pescadería occupy houses number 39, 41, 43, and 45 on Calle Cardenal González and 16, 18, 20, and 22 on the cited Calle Cara.

The project, which is ongoing, was announced by the Junta de Andalucía on July 13, 2021, with a budget of 66,000 euros for archaeological activities and subsequent 3D scanning and planimetry ACAD for 12,000 euros. A small sculpture before the door marks the location of the baths.

Verses on the base of the sculpture read: 'In the houses of Calle Cara, two vaulted rooms with skylights and the floor from the 14th or 15th century are preserved. In the houses of Calle Cardenal González, three galleries of arches, one of which with niches, with Mudéjar reforms and caliphal capitals; also vaults of barrel, of brick, on a wall of ashlar bond and lime mortar, characteristic of the times of the caliphate.'

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