Court of the Gate in Viana Palace, Cordoba (Spain)
Court of the Gate
The Gate Courtyard receives the name because of the gate which faces the
Don Gome Square, from which you can appreciate the internal side. The space is rectangular, having two galleries porched, the ones related to the mayor sides. The porches are developed inside it with roman arches in the lower part and in the higher floor there is the same distribution, but the roman arches are substituted by
the shouldered ones, crowned by split up pediments. The main difference is that the arches of one side are on columns and the rests are on pillars made with bricks which are enclosed into the wall.
The floor is made with stonework. It has white and black squareworks, and it is presided in the middle by a fountain, that was originallly baptism pile. The courtyard was owned to the House of the Countryside, as all this part of the residence and then it 
was used as college.
The walls are covered with ivy, buogainvillae and little roses. On the pillars of the façade, ivy and into the flowerbeds the geranius, the ficus and the cove. A beautiful example of tree grows next to the pillars. The plants are very decorative and it has a pyramid shape.
As other courtyards we find archeological rests, like the sculpture of Saint Anton, dated in 1678; in a niche among roman columns, it seems to control who ever strolls in the patio. Wooden banks and style give an ideal space to contemplate and rest.
Species that live in the patio
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Bougainvillea Glabra (Buganvilla) |
Pelargonium Domesticum (Chinese Geranium) |
Text: J.A.S.C.
Traslated by Sara Moretti
Art, Culture and Tourism in Cordoba