Spain Guide
Andalucía
Plaza de la Corredera
Address: Northeast of the Mezquita
In what was once the plateros or silversmiths' quarter, the Plaza de la Corredera is a wonderfully refurbished colonnaded square that much resembles Madrid's or Salamanca's Plaza Mayor. Unique in Andalucía, the square's complete enclosure occurred in the seventeenth century and presented the city with a suitable space for all kinds of spectacles. These have included burnings by the Inquisition as well as bullfights, from which event the tiny Callejón Toril (Bull Pen) on the square's eastern side takes its name. The terraces of its bars and restaurants are popular places to sit on summer evenings.