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The Gate of the Bridge stands at the northern end of the Roman Bridge, where Roman and later Islamic gates once opened the city to the bridge and the Via…
The Gate of the Bridge stands at the northern end of the Roman Bridge, where Roman and later Islamic gates once opened the city to the bridge and the Via Augusta. In Muslim times this was Bab al-Qantara, the Gate of the Bridge, the main southern entrance to the medina beside the Great Mosque and the Umayyad palace. The present gate was built in the sixteenth century in Renaissance style to mark the Cortes held in Córdoba by Philip II, and it is one of the three historic gates of the city that survive. It opens onto the square between the bridge and the Great Mosque.