The wall that surrounded the Roman city and was reinforced by Muslims and Christians, dividing medieval Cordoba in two, ran along the present-day Calle de San Fernando. Ferdinand III granted the site now occupied by the imposing palace to the Méndez de Sotomayor family, on the condition that they would take charge of the defence of the wall. Hence the defensive aspect of the building, especially the keep. The palace has another exit on Cabezas street, where another no less imposing Gothic tower overlooks it. It was built in the 15th century.
The appearance it has today on the outside is the result of the refurbishment carried out in 1933. Inside, there is a neo-Arabic style courtyard and the remains of a Roman house in the basement.
It is one of the few ancestral homes that remain inhabited.
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