It was founded in 1849[3] by the businessman and printer Fausto García Tena,[4][5] originally born as Diario de Córdoba of commerce, industry, administration, news and notices.

[Note 1] After the death of the founder, in 1874 the newspaper was managed by his sons: Ignacio, Manuel, Rafael and Fausto.

[8] In its early years it coexisted with another prominent local newspaper, La Crónica de Córdoba.

[11] The Diario de Córdoba continued to be published after the outbreak of the Civil War,[Note 2] but the Press Law of 1938 established requirements that newspapers such as the Cordovan daily could not assume, so it ended up disappearing that same year.

[13][Note 3] Among the directors, editors and contributors were Ignacio García Lovera, Manuel García Lovera,[5] Ricardo de Montis, Marcelino Durán de Velilla —the last director of the newspaper between 1936 and 1938—,[11] Carolina de Soto y Corro,[14] Manuel Villalba y Burgos, José Osuna Pineda, Rafael Osuna Pineda, Francisco Arévalo, Antonio Arévalo, Manuel García Prieto, Rosario Vázquez,[15] Olimpia Cobos Losúa,[16] Eugenio García Nielfa, Francisco Azorín,[17] etc.