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The Baths of the Caliphal Alcázar were the baths of the Umayyad palace, built under al-Hakam II (961–976) in what is now the square of Campo Santo de los…
The Baths of the Caliphal Alcázar were the baths of the Umayyad palace, built under al-Hakam II (961–976) in what is now the square of Campo Santo de los Mártires. They stayed in use after the end of the caliphate and were altered in the Almoravid and Almohad periods, when a hot room with a barrel vault pierced by star-shaped skylights was added. In 1328 Alfonso XI had them covered over to make a parade ground. The remains were excavated in 1903 and again from 1961, and they opened as a museum in 2006. The route leads through the caliphal, taifa and Almohad phases of the baths to the furnace and service area, with an audiovisual room and a small garden. The baths lie about 100 metres from the Great Mosque, next to the Alcázar.