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Alcolea (Córdoba)

Coordinates: 37°55′55″N 4°40′23″W / 37.932°N 4.673°W / 37.932; -4.673
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Alcolea is a town near Córdoba, Spain. The town is significant for its 19-arch bridge,[1] built between 1785 and 1792, crossing the Guadalquivir, and which was the site of two battles in the 19th century.

History

Two battles were waged at the bridge in the 19th century:

References

  1. ^ Foy, Maximilien Sébastien (1827) History of the war in the Peninsula under Napoleon, to which is prefixed a view of the political and military state of the four belligerent powers, publ. by the countess Foy, Volume 2, pp. 218–220. At Google Books. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

37°55′55″N 4°40′23″W / 37.932°N 4.673°W / 37.932; -4.673



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