The Basílica Menor de San Pedro is one of the churches founded by King Ferdinand III after the conquest of Cordoba. A church dedicated to this saint, on whose day, 29 June 1236, the city surrendered definitively to the Christian troops, could not be missing.
It was built over the mosque in the Al-buri neighbourhood, which in turn was built over the ruins of an ancient Basilica of the Three Saints (Saint Faust, Saint Januarius and Saint Martial), the first three Cordovan martyrs of Roman times.
Its construction began in the 13th century and was completed in the early 14th century. It is in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. Two of the Gothic doorways are preserved on the sides of the building, which, together with the first part of the tower, are the surviving elements of the original construction.
The church has undergone numerous modifications over the centuries. The main doorway is Renaissance and was modified by Hernán Ruiz II in 1542 to replace the previous one, which was in a poor state of repair.
Inside, the main altarpiece and the Baroque chapel of the Santos Mártires, both from the 18th century, stand out. The remains of the Holy Martyrs appeared during works carried out in the 16th century. The fact that it houses these relics led to it being named a Minor Basilica in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.
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