Monumento al Gran Capitán (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba) by Mateo Inurria, 1923
Plaza de las Tendillas
Córdoba, September 2023
“Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1 September 1453 – 2 December 1515) was a Spanish general and statesman who led successful military campaigns during the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars. His military victories and widespread popularity earned him the nickname ‘El Gran Capitán’ (The Great Captain). He also negotiated the final surrender of Granada and later served as Viceroy of Naples. Fernández de Córdoba was a masterful military strategist and tactician. He was among the first Europeans to introduce the successful use of firearms on the battlefield and the first to reorganize the infantry to include pikes and firearms in effective defensive and offensive formations. The changes implemented by Fernández de Córdoba were instrumental in making the Spanish army the dominant force in Europe for more than a century and a half. For his extensive political and military success, he was made Duke of Santángelo (1497), Terranova (1502), Andría, Montalto and Sessa (1507).” (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Wikipedia)
“The monument to the Great Captain is a work dedicated to Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba ‘The Great Captain’, located in the Plaza de las Tendillas in the Spanish city of Córdoba. It is a bronze equestrian sculpture, with the exception of the head, carved in white marble. It was built by Mateo Inurria from Córdoba in 1923, although it was moved to its current location in 1927.” (Monumento al Gran Capitán, Wikipedia)
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