Baghdad

"On the river Euphrates there is a noble city, a part of the ancient city of Babylon, the circumference of which is fourteen miles, and which is called by the inhabitants thereof by the new name of Baldochia.(1) The river Euphrates flows through the centre of the city, the two parts of which are connected together by a single bridge of fourteen arches, with strong towers at both ends. Many monuments and foundations of buildings of the ancient city are still to be seen. In the upper part of the city there is a very strong fortress, and also the royal palace."

- Nicolò de' Conti, translated in R. H. Major,
India in the Fifteenth Century: Being a Collection of Narratives
of Voyages to India (London: Hakluyt Society, 1857), Vol. 2, p. 5.

(1) Baghdad.