El título de ciudad de Palma del Río Historical milestone · Palma del Río, Valle Medio del Guadalquivir, Córdoba Image of Palma del Río, not of the place itself. After the Christian conquest of 1241 under Ferdinand III and its conversion into a lordship for Egidio Boccanegra in 1342 and into a county in 1507, the regent queen María Cristina granted Palma del Río the title of city in 1888. 1888 Photo: Ateneo de Córdoba (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Palma del Río