Castles and a Roman City.....

April 1, 2009
Welcome to Merida in Extremadura, formerly an important Roman city.

Here is the Forum..
This is the aqueduct.
This is called the Gate of Trajan, but it was probably built earlier, during the time of Seneca.
Here is the temple of Diana, right down the street from the Forum.
Here is the Anpitheatre, where the gladiators came to play.
And finally, the Theater for plays and music.
This was a very large city in the time of the Romans, a trading crossroad. These pictures show only the smallest part of the actual remaining structures. Very impressive to sit in the theater and think of what might have been happening more than 2000 years ago in that same spot.


Wednesday, April 1, 2009