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title: "Alcázar, Cordoba — GetMap"
description: "A royal fortress hides baths below its walls. Baths from a caliphal palace survive beneath this Christian fortress. Thick stone walls, four corner towers…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJGYSwZJwgbQ0R9RJX8WDUSss
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# Alcázar

A royal fortress hides baths below its walls

History · 🇪🇸 Cordoba · one place, one stop

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Baths from a caliphal palace survive beneath this Christian fortress. Thick stone walls, four corner towers and inner courtyards surround gardens of clipped hedges, orange trees, pools and narrow channels. Christopher Columbus met Ferdinand and Isabella here in 1486.

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