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Spain’s theater from Roman times

This Roman theater in Mérida, Spain, dates back to 15 BC and remains one of the most iconic ruins from the Roman Empire. It ...
SpaceRef

Earth From Space: Merida, Spain

This true-colour image of Merida was taken by Sentinel-2A on 11 August. Home to some 60 000 people, Merida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, in western Spain. Owing to the ...
The Daily Beast

All Roads Lead to Rome in Spain’s Best Kept Secret

The Romans, the Goths, the Muslims and, of course, the Christians. They’re all still here more than 2,000 years after the first of them arrived to found the city of Emerita Augusta. Today, only 60,000 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Iron Window Bars Unearthed at a Roman Public Bath in Spain

In 25 B.C.E., Romans founded a colony called Augusta Emerita in what is now Mérida, Spain. Consortium of the Monumental City of Mérida Archaeologists working at the site of an ancient Roman bath ...
Newsweek

Huge Ancient Roman Public Baths in ‘Excellent’ State Discovered

A "huge" public bath area from the Roman era has been discovered in Spain in "excellent" condition. Archaeologists made the discovery in the city of Mérida—capital of the Extremadura region in the ...