In 1980 they were declared a Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain, and after a long process, they managed to be add to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on December 6, 2012.

[4] The first Festival was organized by the mayor Francisco Fernández de Mesa in 1921 as a "Courtyards, Balconies and Window Displays Competition."

Three prizes of 100, 75 and 50 pesetas were established that were distributed among the only three participants: 8 Empedrada, in the Santa Marina neighborhood, 7 Buen Pastor and 11 Almanzor, both in the Jewish Quarter of Córdoba.

Due to the poor response from the neighborhood, the contest was not held again until 1933, during the mayor Francisco de la Cruz Ceballos.

In 1980 they were declared a Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain and in 1988 more criteria such as floral variety, care of pots and flower beds and natural lighting were added.

[7] The Regadora (La Regadora): In April 2014, a couple of years after the declaration of World Heritage Site by UNESCO, a monument dedicated to caretakers was inaugurated at the Puerta del Rincón, made by José Manuel Belmonte, which represents a Cordoban woman watering some royal pots in the traditional style with the cane and the can.

[11][10] The Well of Flowers (El Pozo de las Flores): Belmonte's last sculpture was installed on July 6, 2022, in the plaza of the poet Juan Bernier.