Museo Arqueológico

A beautiful narrow street, full of flowers with a wonderful tiny square at the end and excellent views of the Mezquita's Tower framed by the buildings lining the street.

5-min walk from Cordoba's main square is the Templo Romano, the ruins of Roman temple dating back to the 1st century CE during the reign of the Emperor Domitian (81-96 CE). The ruins are badly degraded and the columns have been reconstructed, but at night the place is nicely lit up. A family of feral cats at the site attracts as much attention as the ruins themselves. The Templo Romano, Puente Romano and fragments at the Archaeological Museum are all that remain of Cordoba's Roman past. Free.

A marvelous Gothic-Mudéjar chapel from the 15th century, with beautiful tiles and vaulting. The chapel is maintained by Córdoba University.

A museum of the culture and people of Sephardic (Iberian) Judaism housed in a 14th-century building. Rooms arranged around a courtyard contain different exhibits about the history of Judaism in the city: domestic life ; the role of important women in Jewish history and culture ; the Jewish festivals ; history of the Jewish quarter that once surrounded the Synagogue; Sephardic music and songs. Other rooms contain an exhibit devoted to the great Rabbinical thinker and writer Maimonides (born in Córdoba before his family moved to Egypt and then Palestine), the impact of the Inquisition on Jewish culture (forcing into exile or hiding those Jews who were not killed outright), and the survival of fragments of Jewish culture in Crypto-Judaism (secret practice of some Jewish rituals by descendants of Jews forcibly converted to Christianity). There is a small gift shop. A guided tour is highly recommended.

A small but beautifully preserved synagogue - one of only three remaining in Spain - the structure was built in 1315 and consists of a single small, square room with high ceilings and gorgeous Mudejar decorative plaster on the walls.