Roman Spain

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.thecollector.com/historic-sites-roman-spain/

Maybe of interest

[Jon Freitag]

Before this article, I never made the connection that the town name, Merida, was derived from "Emerita".  Was the city, "Merida" in the Yucatán originally set up for retirees too?


Very interesting, Dave.

[gavindbm]

Now I want to go to Spain...to see Roman & medieval remains

[Imperial Dave]

Pretty impressive

[Adrian Nayler]

Now I want to go to Spain...to see Roman & medieval remains

Although not on the conventional tourist trail I would certainly recommend visiting Merida. I was very impressed with the town and its extensive Roman remains. Unexpectedly, I was most impressed with the then new archaeological museum which is built of brick in the style of a Roman civic basilca. It really gives the visitor the feel for the enormous internal space of these buildings (the only other site I know of giving this is the Aula Palatina, a genuine Roman survival though re-roofed, in Trier).

Adrian.