Peurta del Puente
Cordoba's Old City Arched Gate/City Entrance
This ancient entrance to the city was built on the northern end of the bridge (16th century reconstruction). This gate is located on the site of the previous Roman and Moorish gates which united the city to the entrance of the Roman Bridge.
The construction of a "new", larger and more modern gate was commissioned to Architect Hernan Ruiz III by the city's governor Alonso Gonzalez de Arteaga on February 18, 1572. The structure has a central square passage, sided by two couples of Doric Columns.
Wow.
I mean WOW.
What an impression that gate would make for visitors entering the city through it. It's awe inspiring even now in our age of skyscrapers and colossal mega structures - how awe inspiring would it have been "back in the day"?
You really must go to Spain to see it.
The construction of a "new", larger and more modern gate was commissioned to Architect Hernan Ruiz III by the city's governor Alonso Gonzalez de Arteaga on February 18, 1572. The structure has a central square passage, sided by two couples of Doric Columns.
Wow.
I mean WOW.
What an impression that gate would make for visitors entering the city through it. It's awe inspiring even now in our age of skyscrapers and colossal mega structures - how awe inspiring would it have been "back in the day"?
You really must go to Spain to see it.