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House of Heads
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Open every day from 10:00 to 20:00.
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Other nearby places of interest include the Julio Romero de Torres Museum, the Archaeological Site of Córdoba and the Roman Temple.
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In this ancestral house known as ""Palace of the Heads"" due to the aforementioned legend , numerous ancient vestiges have been found belonging to the Roman and medieval era, although most of its current structure was built in the 19th century. in the 16th century. Córdoba tradition says that in the 15th century it functioned as a secret synagogue where the so-called Jewish converts came after the expulsion of the Jews. people of the Iberian Peninsula to perform their prayers thinking that no one would notice. Unfortunately, these heretical practices reached the ears of the Inquisition that carried out the the largestAuto de Feknown in the history of Córdoba where more than a hundred people were condemned to die by burning at the stake.
In 2014 this palace opened. It opened its doors to the public and since then Córdoba has in its cultural offering a splendid place where you can see four wonderful courtyards of Muslim influence, enormous living rooms and bedrooms full of antique furniture, the traditional kitchen and the stables. where various tools related to the world of livestock are shown. Without a doubt, the jewel of the Casa de las Cabezas is a pool from the Roman era that is located in the basement of the house with which it is speculated that it served. of miqvé or bathtub for the forbidden Jewish ritual when they met secretly in said room.
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According to a famous Spanish Cantar de Gesta The Seven Infants of Lara faced another family of nobles who had prepared an ambush for them without their knowledge. At the time of the combat, instead of the noblemen showing up, numerous Muslim soldiers appeared and mercilessly beheaded the seven brothers. His father, Don Gonzalo Gustioz, was captured and taken prisoner to General Almanzor's palace where he had to contemplate the heads of his children on silver trays. Currently, bordering the house is a small alley with seven arches where legend has it that the seven heads of the Infantes of Lara were hung.
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