Towers and water
Stone, water and cypress in one frame, among the most repeated images of Córdoba.
A gate in the western wall of old Córdoba, and the best preserved of the city's gates. Its origins lie in the Umayyad emirate, and what you see today is the result of successive restorations across the centuries, but the position and the function are original: this is where anyone arriving from the west entered the city. The two stone towers and the arch between them now stand at the edge of the Judería, with stretches of wall running beside them, a long water channel in front and cypress trees. The view is among the most photographed images of Córdoba, and it is at its best at sunset and once the night lighting comes on. Beside the gate stands a statue of the philosopher Seneca, born in Córdoba, a customary meeting point for groups. Passing through is free at any hour. Treat it as your way into the Judería: enter here to begin walking the lanes, rather than from the mosque side where the crowding is worse.
Stone, water and cypress in one frame, among the most repeated images of Córdoba.
Start your walk of the Judería from this gate rather than the mosque side, where the crush is worse.
The night lighting changes the scene entirely and gives the best photographs.
Western edge of the Judería, Córdoba
No, the gate is not climbable and is not a ticketed sight. You look at it, photograph it from outside and walk through it, a matter of a few minutes within a longer walk of the quarter.
Sections of wall run on either side of the gate and can be walked alongside. The rest is scattered through the modern city, but this stretch with the gate is the clearest and best preserved.
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