Cordoba City Hall has a very complete catalog of historical-artistic assets which constitute your most valuable assets. Although many of these objects have an incalculable cost beyond the monetary sphere, the truth is that they have expertise, essential to be insured against possible damage. The capital to be insured with the contract amounts to an amount of 49,537,762.23 euros.
He inventory These products range from paintings (oils, watercolors, etc.) to sculptures, without forgetting bronzes, carved wood, ceramics, sculpted glass, lamps, bullfighting objects, mosaics and archaeological remains; goldsmithing, goldsmithing, jewelry, numismatics, watches, weapons, xerigraphs, lithographs, drawings, engravings, linotypes, photographs, posters, cartography, tapestries, fabrics, leather, art furniture, documents, models and plans.
And what are the more “expensive” goods than does the municipal council have? A hint: the greatest treasures of the Consistory are pictorial works. Here is the list:
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‘The little piconera’of Julio Romero de Torres: has an insurance value of 1.5 million euros. It is followed by two other works by the Cordovan painter: “Look how pretty she was!” (1,200,000 euros) and ‘Le Sin’ (1,150,000 euros)
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“The Virgin of the Lanterns”“Cante hondo”, “Muerte de Santa Agnes”, “Alegrías”, “Our Lady of Andalusia” and “La Gracia”, also by Romero de Torres: 1,000,000 euros each.
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Portrait of bullfighter Rafael Guerra ‘Guerrita’: 1 million euros
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Elements contained in the Bullfighting Museum: 933,841 euros
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Roman sarcophagus of the Alcazar of the Christian Kings: 601,012 euros
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‘Conchita triana’, ‘Angeles y Fuensanta’, ‘Arcángel San Rafael’, “Offering to bullfighting art”, “Oranges and lemons”, “Trini’s granddaughter” and “Poem in Cordoba”. Again, paintings by Julio Romero. In this case, with an insurance value of 600,000 euros each.
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Puerta Gallegos Roman Mausoleum: 593,768 euros
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Monument to Manuel Rodríguez ‘Manolete’: 510,860 euros
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‘Salome’, ‘La copla’, ‘Portrait of the Countess of Colomera’ and Flower of Holiness.” They are part of the third most valuable lot of works by Julio Romero de Torres (10 in total): 500,000 euros each.
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Monument to Julio Romero de Torres: 480,809 euros.
A lot more creations of the famous Cordovan painter They occupy the next positions on the list. Also note the portrait of Manolete, exhibited at the Bullfighting Museum (400,000 euros), or the monument to the Great Captain in the Plaza de las Tendillas, with an insurance value of 390,675 euros.
The policy will protect these assets by compensating for property damage and losses directly caused to them suddenly and accidentally by risks such as thefts, thefts, disappearances, losses, as well as damage caused by its theft or attempted theft, “provided that the loss is not caused by fraud or serious fault of the insured, that is to say of the Town Hall, or with its complicity or its concealment.
In most cases, these are the goods displayed on public roads the most likely to be damaged, such as the most recent cases of the ceramic altarpiece of the Risen Lord in the Conde de Priego square and the altar of San Rafael in Lineros street.
