Cordoba will add ten new facilities in 2026: health, culture, security…

If the deadlines proposed by the entities, public and private, are respected, a Cordovan will be able to set foot in twelve months ten new sites which until now had closed their doors or operated differently.

1

Heritage

Mosque-Cathedral Visitor Center

The first to arrive, as it already has an official opening date, is the Center of Information and Welcome “Patio de San Eulogio” of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. It is located in the Episcopal Palacein the space where Torrijos and Amador de los Ríos streets meet and there will be concentrated all the services for visitors, from the sale of tickets to the explanation of what they will see during their visit to the monument, including an exhibition that will talk about the unique character of the Mosque-Cathedralits different stages and the elements that most deserve a careful visit.

Souvenir shop, museography and a large portfolio of services They will serve as a prologue to those who enter inside the Mosque-Cathedral, as part of an important investment by the Cabildo, which has provided space for storing luggage, selling souvenirs, a cafeteria or an entrance to audio guides.

This will also allow you to eliminate points of ticket office in the Patio de los Naranjos and with it also the visual pollution in such a sensitive area of ​​the monument.

2

Inside

New provincial police station

This year the new provincial police station of Cordoba, intended to be the headquarters of the National Police and to remove the old building of Madre de Dios Fieldwhich was built in the 1950s and has largely stood the test of time.

The Ministry of the Interior is investing an amount of 19.2 million euros in works started almost two years ago and which raise a building of 15,500 square meters on Periodista Justo Urrutia street, in the neighborhood known as The Archangel. More than 600 agents will work in the center in all the units now necessary, from citizen security to immigration, including information and judicial police investigations.

This will mean a total renovation with an infrastructure that will greatly improve the way agents had to work until now, and comes after a long process in which it was not possible rebuild the Campo Madre de Dios building because it belongs to a mutual fund.

3

Culture

Synagogue Visitor Center

Heritage is going to be very important in the coming months and this must be the time when the visitor center of the Cordoba Synagogueone of the most visited monuments in the city. This is also a long-standing project on the part of the Advice of Andalusia, which had to face a failed tender, but which has already started the work.

The initiative consists of a new building on the site that borders the Synagogue to the north, on the same Judíos Street, but it will also incorporate the remains of a mikveh, a space for ritual bath which took place before the prayer. It was discovered during the archaeological tastings that the Commission carried out for this work, which will allow visitors to know the importance of the space and will give some relief to a very small area.

The works began in November, in which the Autonomous Administration is investing 427,000 euros and this will enhance the visit to one of the city’s most unique monuments.

4

storm tank

In the coming months, the Storm Tank of Guadalquivir Balconyone of the most ambitious works carried out in recent years.

It is a large tank designed to collect water from very heavy precipitation in a few minutes, in order to avoid flooding in particularly sensitive and very close areas, such as the Fuensanta district.

The Town Hall invests more than 22 million euros in a project which completes the construction of a huge roof 80 pillars and 4,680 square meters of slabs. The latest forecast proposed by the mayor, Jose Maria Bellidois that it would be before the Fair of Our Lady of Health in 2026, and also involves improving the landscaping of the Balcón del Guadalquivir, which would begin to be a new green space in the city.

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Maternal and child consultations at the Reina Sofía

During the first months of the year, the Reina Sofía Hospital will be the protagonist of the inauguration of one of the most important construction projects in recent years: the external consultations mother-child. The Council hopes to be able to open it in the coming weeks after work in which it is investing 20 million euros and which will involve paying increased attention to mothers And children. The building is parallel to the general hospital’s outpatient clinic.

This will go from the current 44 consultations to 99 and this has also meant a change in the urbanization of the area, since between one and the other a square has been created that offers benches and a rest space. A mechanical ramp, already in service, connects the lowest area, that of the parking lot, to the upper area. This will be the response to a long request from citizens.

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Culture

Regina Convent

If the work goes smoothly, the first phase of recovery of the Regina Convent could also be completed in 2026, which had to endure delays, problems and failures until the work was finalized.

The Town Hall is investing 1.2 million euros in work which will primarily concern the church, restoring the precious Mudéjar coffered ceilingthey will recover the choir, bring out the murals and allow the entire complex to begin to be the space of cultural activityboth in the nave of the church and in the upper part of the choir, which will see how the single staircase is recovered.

It will then be necessary to continue the work in the cloister and in the now exterior space, but this will not prevent the work this year, which will also make it possible to restore the gothic coverare completed and the space is ready for operation.

7

Health

Levante emergency point

In January, the operation of the emergency point South Levantewhich accumulates a long wait after the end of the work. After an investment of 920,000 euros in the area where the old health center was located, it was planned that after summer entered into activity, once the furniture had been purchased and the rentals or transfers had been made while waiting for the opening.

However, this did not happen, and the last date of Health Tips talks about the first weeks of this newly opened 2026. There, medical emergencies must be treated outside the Reina Sofía Hospital and they will be the third point in the city, from that of the southern sector and that of the Castilla del Pino Health Centerin Arroyo del Moro.

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Pergola of the Duke of Rivas

The recovery of the badly deteriorated historic Pergola building in the heart of the city was one of the city’s outstanding issues. The Town Hall has already awarded the work which will allow the offices of the Municipal Tourism Institutethe use that had been planned a few years ago.

It will be short works, which will only last three months, and the time could therefore come in 2026 for the reopening of this building, which will benefit from an investment of 480,000 euros. They will serve to stop increasing deterioration due to abandonment and this will also integrate the building into the life of the city.

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Health

Naranjo Health Center

Towards summer, the inhabitants of Orange District so that their new health center is ready, another piece of equipment that they insist on. With a budget of 3.62 million euros, the building is built on municipal land of more than 1,500 square meters and will have nearly twenty consultations to serve citizens in different specialties.

Its opening will benefit 7,500 neighborsbut it will also ensure that the spaces they now frequent will see a drop in attendance and therefore also in healthcare.

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Heritage

San Pedro Arab Baths

We will have to wait until the end of the year to see when the Arab Baths of San Pedro, a group of Almohad period and of great value which had to wait, but which risks surprising heritage lovers.

Overall, from the 12th century, the pieces are preserved hot, temperate and coldin addition to the boiler with the water wheel which transported the water. The Government of Andalusia is investing 1.65 million euros in works that will integrate the complex, located on Calle Carlos Rubio, into the city’s cultural tour circuit. THE original archesthe sidewalk and structure will be visible.