La Comisión Provincial de Monumentos de Córdoba y la preservación del patrimonio arqueológico. Los baños árabes de la calle Pescadería.pdf

Since its founding in 1835, The Comisión Provincial de Monumentos of Cordoba will be a key institution in the preservation of the artistic and historical heritage of the city of Cordoba and its province. We offer here the review of the relevant documentation from its archives related to the protection of the archaeological heritage throughout the twentieth century. A diverse and disorderly documentation that illustrates, despite its shortcomings, their hard work, although the increasingly legal constraints and a chronic lack of economic means. We also present one of his lesser-known achievements, the discovery of the Arab baths of Pescadería street by one of its members, Enrique Romero de Torres. The steps taken by the Commission probably avoided the disappearance of the monument, but not an increasing degradation due to the permanence of the buildings in private hands. Today they are owned by the Junta de Andalucía, and have been classified as Bien de Interés Cultural.