Segobriga was a surprise discovery and we enjoyed our afternoon at the archaeological site.
There are many more Roman remains in Spain, these pictures are from the city of Mérida in Extremadura.
Emerita Augusta was the capital city of the most westerly Roman Province of the Empire in Lusitania and the most important Roman city in Iberia.
Today, on account of its past, Mérida is a sister city of Rome.
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Tagged Belmonte, Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Extremadura, Mérida, Roman Amphitheatre, Roman Ruins, Roman Theatre Mérida, Segobriga
The tour began from outside the Colosseum and went first past the Arch of Constantine where Silvio explained that this was the only Roman monument that still had its marble reliefs intact because successive Christian regimes in Rome after the fall of the Empire were reluctant to destroy a monument commemorating the first Christian Emperor. And then we made our way into the Forum and began to climb towards the top of the Palatine Hill stopping frequently to listen to and absorb more information from Silvio.
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Tagged Ancient, Italian Unification, Italy, Roman Amphitheatre, Roman Forum, Roman Gladiator, Roman Ruins, Rome, Victor Emmanuel Monument
Micky and I identified a place to eat, the extravagantly named Pizzeria La Bufalina di Cristiano Erminia, but it was ruled out by the girls because behind the bar it had a microwave to heat up the self-service food selections which was considered unsuitable (Micky pointed out that if the microwave wasn’t in full view in the bar it would be in the kitchen anyway!) so then we continued on a fruitless trek around the streets to find something they might approve of.
On the positive side we found the train station and I established where to buy tickets so on the way back we purchased some from a supermarket for only €1.80 each return for tomorrow’s intended train journey to Rome.
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Tagged Albano Laziale, Italy Rome, Roman Ruins, Villa Altieri, world Pizza Albano
Kim had determined the itinerary for today and had plotted a pleasant stroll to the coast with navigational assistance that was optimistically restricted to an aerial photograph on a tourist information pamphlet. From the outset this looked rather challenging and an ordinance survey map would have been far more helpful but we decided to trust to a natural sense of direction and we set off on our chosen route.
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Tagged Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande, Croatia, Pula, Pula Post Office, Roman Amphitheatre, Roman Ruins
Have Bag, Will Travel 