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Templo Romano
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Templo Romano

Roman columns standing beside the city hall, found when it was extended.

UNED Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Walk from the Mezquitaabout 12 minutes
Getting in⭐ free — seen from the street
Worth knowing⚠️ Reconstructed columns; you view it from outside

The temple dates from the 1st century and was found in the 1950s during work on the city hall. What stands now is a partial reconstruction using original material, raised on the podium where the temple stood.

⭐ It is viewed from the street and costs nothing. Ten minutes is plenty, and it is on the way between the Corredera and the northern part of the old city.

It is the clearest surviving reminder that this was Corduba, capital of a Roman province, centuries before the caliphate.

Our tip

Best at night, when it is lit and the columns read against the dark.

Templo Romano, photographed

Templo Romano
Templo RomanoUNED Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Templo Romano
Templo RomanoAlberto-g-rovi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Templo Romano
Templo RomanoUNED Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Templo Romano
Templo RomanoAlberto-g-rovi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Templo Romano
Templo RomanoAlberto-g-rovi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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