Santa Eufemia

Santa Eufemia lies beneath the castle of Miramontes in the northern hills of Córdoba. The town became the centre of a lordship founded at the end of the thirteenth century, encompassing several neighbouring settlements. In 1478 the Catholic Monarchs ordered the castle destroyed to punish abuses by its lord and bring him to obedience, leaving the fortress a reminder of conflict between local power and the crown.