Palma del Río

Palma del Río lies near the meeting of the Guadalquivir and Genil, amid fertile land between Córdoba and Seville. In the later Middle Ages it had a substantial Mudéjar community, whose families lived under Christian rule while retaining their faith. In 1507 Luis Portocarrero became the first Count of Palma; he and his wife Francisca Manrique built a palace overlooking the town’s civic square.