RELACIONES URBANAS DEL CABILDO CATEDRAL EN LA CÓRDOBA DEL QUINIENTOS

Abstract

The city itself was, for various reasons, of great importance to the Sacred College of Córdoba, given its social role which called for the continuous presence of its members outside the Cathedral walls. This gave rise to conflicts with the interests of the Town Council, which was set on a project of road-widening to ease commercial traffic. In this context of urban development appear a number of famous architects and stone masons, like.the Hernán Ruiz family, Martín Ruiz, Hernando de Zavala and others. Documents of the chapter give some idea of the economic interests, the desire for representation and power, and the control over subordinates which mark the life of the Cathedral Chapter throughout the 16th century.