Roman Walls of Córdoba

The Roman Walls of Córdoba are the ancient Roman defensive walls of the Roman colonia of Corduba –present-day Córdoba, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Hispania Baetica [1]. They were built after the Romans captured the city in 206 BC to defend the ancient Roman town as part of the Roman Republic [1]. Built as fortifications soon after the Romans captured Córdoba, the walls stretched some 2,650 m, completely surrounding the city [1]. They consisted of carefully cut stone with an outer wall of up to 3 m high and a 1.2 m inner wall flanking a gap 6 m wide filled with rubble [1]. There were several semicircular towers along the walls [1]. Vestiges remain in the Alcázar, near the Roman bridge, and flanking the Avenida de la Ribera [1].