Bridge of Alcantara

With 1900 years old, stands a majestic summit of the works of Roman civil engineering, the pride of Extremadura.



It is a magnificent piece of engineering and one of the most important bridges were built throughout the Roman Empire. He got between 105 and 106 d. of Christ, during the reign of Emperor Trajan in the way that elapsed between Norba (Cáceres) and Conimbriga (Condeixa-a-Velha).



David Concepción y Ana Silvero

Talavera La Vieja

Talavera the Old woman is Augustobriga's former Roman city. The location and identification of Augustóbriga's Roman city has raised an important debate historiográfico. In spite of being mentioned in several classic sources(fountains) (Plinio, Ptolemy, the Itinerary of Antonino and the Rávena's Anonymous one), his(her,your) location has been for a long time(at length) controversial. Primeramente Ceán Bermúdez in 1832, she(it) was placed in the people(village) by native of Caceres of Village of the Stony one, attending to the inscription with Flavia Rufina's epitaph in which the name of the city was appearing.
The find in Talavera the Old woman of this epigraph who was mentioning the Senatus Populusque Augustobrigensis (C.I.L. 5346), published for F. Fita in 1887, allowed to relate this people(village) to the Roman Augustóbriga, opinion that Coello and Emil Hübner validated, in 1889 and 1892, respectively.

Roman theatre of merida

Construction more of the popular taste that the theatre, was inaugurated in 8 B.C. East building was destined for the fights between(among) gladiators, between(among) beasts or man-to-man and beasts.

It is a building formed(trained) by a central sand of elliptical form surrounded with a capable graderío for 15.000 divided spectators, as in the theatre in three zones. Of these three zones only the low one remains at present since two Superiors were used, after his(her,your) fall in disuse, as quarry for the adjacent constructions.

MAR MARIN LANZAS
ALFONSO SANCHEZ ORDOÑEZ

"The temple of Diana in Merida" and "The Roman Theatre in Mérida"

"Templo de Diana de Mérida"
"The temple of Diana in Merida"

It is the only religious building that remains in place in Merida. Dates from the S.I a.C. and is a large building which, due to its location due to flaunt luxury and decoration. Perhaps the temple was dedicated to the worship of the Emperor Augustus, not Diana, as well as sculptural materials indicate localized.

"Teatro Romano de Mérida"
"The Roman Theatre in Mérida"

It is a construction promoted by the consul Marcus Agrippa Vipsanius.

The theater has undergone several renovations, the most important in the late first century or early second century, possibly under Emperor Trajan, when he got up the current facade or front stage, and another between the time of Constantine 330s and 340, introducing new architectural elements, decorative and construct a road around the monument.
BY: Cristobal & ChemaTaker

Proserpina

by Mariano and Daniel

"Served proserpina Reservoir to supply water to the citizens of the Roman merida"

Termas of Alange

by Mariano and Daniel

"Medicinal baths were taking advantage of the healing properties of water"

Temple of Diana

This is a temple of Mérida that was built in the first and second centuries.It is dedicated to the imperial cult. It is situated in the center of town today.

BY Sonia Germán