Puente Genil – Cordoba

Puente Genil in Cordoba province is a large town 70 km from the city center of Cordoba. In the Geographical Centre of Andalusia and between three Andalucian provinces, we find can find Puente Genil. ‘Where the sun goes sweet and the light becomes an art’.

Strategically located, with a high-speed train station and one hour from the main Andalucian capitals. Puente Genil in Cordoba is a village of open people, and waiting to offer you all the best of this land.

Local information

Ayuntamiento de Puente Genil
C/ Don Gonzalo nº 2 14500, Puente Genil (Cordoba)
Telephone: 957-605-034
E-mail: informatica@aytopuentegenil.es
http://www.aytopuentegenil.es


Residents 33033	Health Clinic	Bars, shops, restaurants	Schools	Municipal pool	Beach 1 h

Golf nearby	Antequera 66km Malaga 113km Granada 155km Seville 128km	Bus and train services	Malaga airport 113Km	Granada airport 155Km	Seville airport 128Km

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Main information

The name comes from the bridge over the river Genil. The town Puente Genil in Cordoba is an agricultural centre, also known for its Semana Santa-celebration, contracted in the local vernacular to ‘mananta’.

The important unifying element is the bridge, built in a place that was coming fordable used since ancient symbol of union between two shores that were once distinct provinces. Firstly, the right bank in Cordoba, known as Don Gonzalo pontoon under the Marquis of Priego. Secondly the left in Seville, Miragenil, belonging to the Marquis of Estepa. It had to be a Queen, the Regent Maria Cristina, mother of Elizabeth II, who arrange for the union of the two banks by Royal Decree in 1834 after several failed attempts to agree.

Puente Genil in Cordoba has interesting architecture, especially, religious, most of them built during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. But perhaps the most significant for its symbolism, is the bridge over the river Genil. Its first building as stone bridge dating from 1561. What Hernan Ruiz II built to replace the old wooden pier. Later, conducted in 1703, the two twin arches came. And the original brick arch was blown up by the French architect Leopoldo Lemonier in 1874.