Roman bridge

We took a walk around town and over this bridge to catch the sunset and looked back on the city with the light disappearing on the Mesquite (mosque) Cathedral. Very pleasant evening; not too hot. Cordoba claims to have the highest summer temperatures in all of Spain, typically 37degrees but we had understood that lately Seville can be very hot too.

The Cordoba Roman Bridge, also known as the Old Bridge, was built by the Romans in the early 1st century BC across the Guadalquivir River. It was the city's only bridge across the river for around 2000 years until the construction of the San Rafael Bridge in the mid-twentieth century. The bridge has 16 arches supported by irregular semi-cylindrical buttresses and is 247 meters long by approximately 9 meters wide. The bridge was a vital player in the city of Cordoba's battles with, amongst others, the ominously-named Peter the Cruel in the 1350s. Most of what is standing presently are Moorish additions from the 8th century.Read more