In Cordoba are the ruins of the oldest in the country facilities – Roman temple. Built in the Corinthian style, the temple belongs to the Flavian era, i.e., to 1 century ad the Beginning of its construction coincides with the reign of Emperor Claudius. Construction lasted for 40 years and was completed under the Emperor Domitian at the end of the 1st century A. D. In the second century B. C. the appearance of the Church was substantially changed in connection with the restructuring and expansion of the city.

In southern Spain there were many Roman settlements, but it is believed that this temple was the largest and most important of all the religious buildings of that time. The length of construction was 32 meters and a width of about 16 meters. This building was located on the podium and consisted of 6 columns on the front façade and 10 columns on each side of him. Up to the present time preserved only part of the Foundation, several columns, capitals, stairs and the altar, which had been restored by archaeologists. Columns made entirely of marble, and their appearance allows us to judge the highest level of the masters of that time.

Over time the temple was destroyed and buried under the soil, and only in the 50-ies of the last century, its ruins were discovered by a team of archaeologists under the leadership of Samuel de Los Santos and Felix Hernandez are carefully studied and researched. Unfortunately, the roof of the building was completely destroyed. Some elements of the Church, including the magnificent reliefs are now in the Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of córdoba.