Saint Peter Nolasco founded the Mercedarian Order in 1230 devoted to ransoming captive Christians from the Moors. After Ferdinand III of Castile liberated Córdoba in 1236, he gave this land to the friar’s for their convent of Our Lady of Mercy. Most of that structure was replaced by this Baroque church built in 1745. About 100 years later, Palacio de la Merced became a hospital. Then, in 1960, it was converted into offices for the Provincial Council of Córdoba.
