Cordoba was re-conquered for the Crown of Castile and Leon in 1236 by King Fernando III The Saint, and thereafter the Christian repopulation of Cordoba began.

In the fifteenth century, the troops of the Catholic Monarchs gathered in Cordoba to prepare the final assault against the kingdom of Granada. Here, too, they received Christopher Columbus, who presented his proposed trip to the Indies. After taking the last Muslim stronghold, Isabel and Fernando decreed the expulsion of the Jews from all the Christian territories.

In the late sixteenth century, Philip II sought to restore the city’s importance by ordering the Royal Stables to be built where a new breed, the pure-bred Spanish horse, was created. The Bridge Gate was later built in honour of the king.