The current cultural centre is located in part of the Casa del Bailío, the former house of the Fernández de Córdoba family, dating from the 14th century, which occupied the entire block and which today is also divided between the former Hospital de San Jacinto and the Hotel Palacio del Bailío.
The Casa del Bailío was ceded by King Ferdinand III to Pedro Núñez de Herrera, nephew of the Grand Captain who had been appointed Bailío (professed Knight of the Order of St. John, who had a certain command or dignity). The Marquises of Almunia inherited the palace and in 1710 sold part of it to the bishopric of Cordoba to build the hospital of San Jacinto and the church of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores.
The late Gothic façade of the palace, which crowns the picturesque Cuesta del Bailío, is attributed to Hernán Ruiz II and is notable for the Plateresque decoration of the tympanum.
It houses the Biblioteca Viva de Al Andalus of the Roger Garaudy Foundation.
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