The Roman bridge of Cordoba - 04
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The Roman bridge of Cordoba - 04
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AM FineArtPrints
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The Roman bridge of Cordoba - 04 by Andrea Mazzocchetti
The Roman bridge of Cordoba is a bridge located near the Spanish city of Cordoba, on the Guadalquivir river.
The bridge was built by the Romans in the early years of the first century BC, perhaps replacing a previous one in wood, and for two millennia was the only city bridge. Restored and renovated several times, today it has 16 arches, is 247 meters long and about 9 meters wide. It is exclusively pedestrian since 2004. It is part of the historic center of Cordoba, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984.
Built at the beginning of the 1st century BC, during the Roman domination of Cordoba, it was originally made up of 17 arches, later reduced to 16. It was the only point where you could cross the river without any type of boat and probably passed Via Augusta between Rome and Cadiz.
At the time of the Muslim domination, the Torre di Calahorra and the Puerta del Puente, two defensive buildings located at the southern and northern ends of the bridge, date back. The current Puerta del Puente, however, is a remake made by the architect Hernán Ruiz II in 1572. At the center of the bridge was placed in 1651 a statue of San Raffaele, by the sculptor Bernabé Gómez del Río.
In more recent times, the Roman bridge was an important transit point for those who traveled between central Spain and the south, until the construction of the San Rafael Bridge in the middle of the 20th century.
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