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Alcazar | City
Walls | Episcopal Palace | Juderia
| Molino de la Albolafia | Mosque
| Palacio de Viana | Puente
Gate | Roman Bridge | Seville
Gate | Tower of Calahorra
Puerto del Puente or Bridge
Gate
At the north end of the Roman
bridge formerly used to enter the city enclosure near the Mosque,
rises the Puerto del Puente or Bridge Gate. It was completed in
the days of Philip II.
The present triumphal arch is the work of Hernán
Ruiz III and replaces what was first a Roman gate mentioned at the
time of Julius Cesar and later a Moorish gate. A documented restoration
took place in 720 AD. Today it is a traffic island.
Alongside is the most ostentatious of the Triunfos
erected in honour of St Raphael. It was finished by Miguel Verdiguier,
a Frenchman who settled in Cordoba in the 18th century and is responsible
for the distinctive Rococo style.
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