In the heart of Córdoba Jewry we find the only one< /strong> world museum dedicated to bullfighting located outside a bullring. The ""Casa de las Bulas"" a Mudejar palace built in the century XVI, today houses an exceptional bullfighting collection with an innovative museum program. The idea of creating a museum on this topic arose following the celebration of an exhibition dedicated to the world of bullfighting that was held in It was founded in the city in 1948 and attracted the attention of numerous visitors and became a landmark. in a landmark in the city. For this reason, the mayor of Córdoba decided to open a space that would deal with all the traditions of Cordoba since the public like this It required it and in the beginning this museum exhibited works dedicated to flamenco, the Cordoban people, traditional goldsmithing and bullfighting.
In 2014, the An ambitious plan of reform and renovation was carried out in the museum and the other Cordovan traditions were suppressed from its contents, leaving only the space that was dedicated to the museum. entirely to the bullfighting worldbecause at this time other exhibition spaces had already been developed in the city that dealt with these topics specifically, such as the Casa del Guadamecí Omeya or the Fosforito Flamenco Center and a place that specifically dealt with bullfighting was necessary.
Today the museum is made up ofsix rooms strong> full of technology where we find countless funds such as photographs and posters, costumes and capes, paintings, engravings and sculptures, fighting instruments, information about livestock tradition and bullfights of bulls in other places in the world. In addition, an important part of the route is dedicated to the five great figures of bullfighting: Lagartijo, Guerrita, Machaquito, Manolete, and Manuel Benitez, the man from Córdoba with beautiful portraits and wonderful works by artists of the stature by Julio Romero de Torres, Mateo Inurria, Mariano Benlliure, Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Aurelio Teno or Pedro Bueno.
Tuesday to Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Other nearby points of interest are the Synagogue, the Royal Alcazar and the Mosque-Cathedral.