Historic Centre of Cordoba

View of the Roman bridge and the city of Córdoba

Córdoba (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkorðoβa]; Arabic: قُرطبة‎, DIN: Qurṭubah), also called Cordova in English, is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. An Iberian and Roman city in ancient times, in the Middle Ages it became the capital of an Islamic caliphate. The old town contains numerous architectural reminders of when Corduba was the capital of Hispania Ulterior during the Roman Republic and capital of Hispania Baetica during the Roman Empire; and when Qurṭubah (قرطبة) was the capital of the Islamic Caliphate of Córdoba, including most of the Iberian Peninsula.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Córdoba, Andalusia