Courtyard of the Well in the Viana Palace, Cordoba, Spain
Court of the Well
After the Gardeners courtyard, and crossing a little shouldered entrance, we 
entry into the known Courtyard of the Well, it is called like this because of the well situated on the left, as we enter it. Its flow in unending and it is situated on the riverbed of the Colodro River, bringing the water to the Noria (the muslim wheel by the guadalquivir), as the vases found inside it are witness. The well brings water to the fountains and pond of the palace, even it brings water to the palace itself. Despite the archeological rests
it is supposed to be open during the roman period.
The square of the patio (court) is irregular, adjusting its walls to the disposition of the streets, like the Zarco street, through which you can enter from the internal side. The floor is made with stonework, it contrasts with the whiteness of the walls and 
the greenness of the vegetation, like the other patios of the house.
On the right of the house , close to the walls, we find a stone pile to which a grey marble mask pour water to it, on the pile there is an inscription: "Year 1913, fountain belonging to doña Leonor", remembering a sister of the last marquis.
The wall on the left is covered with climbing plants, being completed withred and purple bougainvillae and, roses and a great variety of jasmines. As the other patios the other pots are there and the archeologic rests.
Species that live in the patio
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Agave Sp. (Pita) |
Lampranthus Coccineus (the Flower of the Sun) |
Text: J.A.S.C.
Traslated by Sara Moretti
Art, Culture and Tourism in Cordoba