Sunday 21 June 2009

Egitania - ones a busy roman city


A lonely bird cruising above the Sé Cathedral, Idanha-a-Velha forgotten village, Beiras, Portugal.

For me the essence of Portugal lies very much "off the beaten track". I many times have the privilege to visit small and forgotten wonders of this country. Places like Idanha-a-Velha - a small village far away from the typical mass-tourism trails.

Ones a flowering Roman city that has grown at the outskirts of the Roman Empire now a small forgotten village: Idanha-a-Velha ( roman "Egitania" ) is located in the eastern Portugal, not far away from the Spanish border.
At about 16 A.C the city had more than 1000 inhabitants.
Google map location

Many Roman tomb inscriptions left all over the city.


Roman city walls.





Maciek.

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