Archaeologists have identified a room within the Roman villa of Fuente Álamo, near Puente Genil in Córdoba, as the oldest confirmed library on the Iberian Peninsula. A team from the University of Granada overturned an earlier theory that the space had been a shrine to the god Mithras, arguing instead that its architecture matches known patterns of Roman library design.

La villa romana de Fuente Álamo, en Puente Genil (Córdoba) funcionaba en realidad como la biblioteca más antigua de la península.

L’ambiente 10 di Fuente Álamo, sito archeologico romano, potrebbe essere stato ristrutturato intorno al IV secolo d.C. per essere usato come biblioteca in quello che prima era…