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What to see and do in Monturque

What to see and do in Monturque (Campiña Sur, Córdoba): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 2 Historical milestones

When to go to Monturque: festival calendar

July: Jornadas Medievales de Monturque (late July)

How far each place is from the centre of Monturque

Castillo de Monturque 50 m
Cisternas romanas de Monturque 200 m

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What to see and do in Monturque

Monturque
Village
Municipality of the Campiña Sur with 1,929 inhabitants (2025), marked by official cartography bodies as the geographic centre of Andalusia. Inhabited since the Chalcolithic, it was a Muslim stronghold until the Reconquest, around 1240.
Cisternas romanas de Monturque
Monument
Group of Roman cisterns discovered in 1885 during the extension of the cemetery; the largest cistern, with three parallel barrel-vaulted galleries, has a capacity of around 850,000 litres of water.
Castillo de Monturque
Monument
Fortress whose pentagonal keep, 18.5 m high on its north face, is documented from at least 1273; in 1377 it was incorporated into the lordship of Aguilar.
Mirador de los Paseíllos
Nature
The Mirador de los Paseíllos in Monturque, known as the 'Balcony of the World', offers a broad panorama of the countryside and the foothills of the Subbetic range.
Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Vera Cruz (Monturque)
Monument
Late 16th-century hermitage in Monturque, with a simple round-arched doorway, housing a wooden Christ figure that tradition holds contains a fragment of the Lignum Crucis.
El Cid en Monturque
Historical milestone
Local tradition places, around 1079, a victory of El Cid Campeador over Granadan forces near Monturque, recalled in the places known as 'La Piedra del Cid' and 'Cid-Toledo'.
El señorío de Monturque de 1357
Historical milestone
In 1357 King Peter I granted Monturque as a lordship to Martín López de Córdoba.
Jornadas Medievales de Monturque
Activity
Medieval Days of Monturque, with a market and activities set in the Middle Ages.