The history of the Ferdinand church of Saint Peter, Cordoba (Spain)

Saint Peter: History

        The Saint Peter Church, named Minor Basilica in 2006, is situated in Saint Peter Section, with the other thirteen it is recognized by King Ferdinand III the Saint. Main Façade of Saint Peter ChurchThe temple is in san Pedro Square, a small expansion that stands up over the other buildings surrounding the neighborhood of the Ajerquía. It is very close to the Corredera Square and Feria Street, two of the most commercial interest places, it soon became an area of great vitality and one of the busiest in the city.
        The building was set on a mozarabe temple and it is thought that the marthirs, Faustus, Martial and Januarius was buried inside this temple, killed in roman times. The first works began in the middle of the XIII Century, indeed, we have news of the factory since 1264, when a priest of Saint Peter refers to the building in his writings.
        This temple suffered different transformations because it wasn’t well built. In the middle of the XVI Century, Hernán Ruiz II the Young remade the façade completely, creating a radically different appearance to the church that originallyUrn of the Holy Martyrs Chapel possessed. This was financed by the Bishop Leopoldo de Austria, character of great interest because he sponsored many of the works executed at this time for the Fernandinas Churches.
        Over time, elements were added, as the Baptism Chapel, done in the XVII Century, the baroque vaults are covered by Mudejar ceilings, from the XVIII Century, or even the rooms of the parish, made in the nineteenth century. Recent interventions have been designed to show a more accurate approximation as possible to the original appearance of the building, in addition to strengthening its structures and thus be able to return the worship in it.
        The usual structure of arab cities influenced these areas of Córdoba stand up Baptism Chapelthe irregularity of its streets. The streets El Toril and La Prensa are a good example of this peculiar kind of urban, very much rooted in our city. This disorder is not due to an anarchic construction but to other conditions such as defense or easy adjustment of this type of housing for hot climates.
        Near Saint Peter there is the Aguayos Square, named like this because of the House of Aguayos. The entrance with mudejar influence of his home was erected in the sixteenth century, medieval and renaissance elements coexist, for the cover medallions crowned with the arms of the family. Currently, the house is the seat of the Holy Family School.
        The fact that we can appreciate many of the buildings owned by the higher classes was a result of repopulation, where the best plots of land and the most important buildings were granted by the royal to the nobles who supported them, who were giving them a legacy their descendants.

Text: J.A.S.C.

Traslated by Sara Moretti