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  • Genius of the Colony de Emerita Augusta, marble androgynous head, early 2nd century AD, found near the Temple of Diana, possibly imported, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Genius of the Colony of Emerita Augusta, marble androgynous head, early 2nd century AD, found near the Temple of Diana, possibly imported, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Genius of the Colony de Emerita Augusta, marble androgynous head, early 2nd century AD, found near the Temple of Diana, possibly imported, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacrifice, Roman relief, marble, detail, 1st century AD, from the Ara Providentiae in the Merida Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The scene depicts a veiled man thought to be Marco Agrippa behind a 3-legged table with children and a priest or camillus, who is opening an incense box, assistants and a double flute player. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Laurel tree with birds and coiled serpent, Roman marble relief, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The laurel represents Apollo, associated with the emperor Augustus, founder of Emerita Augusta. The relief formed part of the decoration of the Ara Providentiae in the Forum. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isis - Perses, a goddess of Egyptian origin, Roman marble statue, 2nd century AD, from Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chariot, detail from wall paintings of Bacchus and Dionysus, from the Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus and Dionysus, wall painting fragment from the Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mercury - Corax, Roman marble sculpture of the god seated on a rock with a clam and lyre, 2nd century AD, from Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Emperor on horseback fighting a barbarian, with a military trophy and Victoria, Roman relief, 4th century AD, from the theatre of Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, scale 1:1000, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus or Dionysus with Ampelos, a young satyr, wall painting fragment from the triclinium at Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house consists of 3 peristyles or courtyards with columns, and is decorated with mosaics and frescoes. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Summer, allegory of the seasons from the border of a Roman mosaic of a wild boar hunt, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Venatore fighting wild animals in an arena, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scenes from the river Nile, detail of a Roman mosaic showing men of letters, with borders depicting scenes from Egypt with battle scenes, pygmies and crocodiles, 2nd century AD, from the Villa de las Siete Sillas, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of a goddess, Roman sculpture, late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man hunting wild boar, Roman mosaic, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miles, wearing a paludamentum or cloak, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue was associated with the cult of Mithras, an Indo-Iranian mystic religion. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gladiators posing for combat, marble Roman relief fragment, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man driving a chariot pulled by horses, fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columbarium, reconstruction of a Roman building with niches housing funerary urns, in Room VII of the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orpheus, prince of Thrace, with his lyre, surrounded by animals and winged victories, Roman mosaic, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This is the central medallion of a 10x5m floor mosaic, which also includes Nilotic, acetic and hunting scenes. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Well head, decorated with figures from the myth of Bacchus and Ariadne, Roman, 4th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rape of Europa, with Zeus as a bull, Roman mosaic, mid 2nd century, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Corbel in the form of a bull's head, 1st - 2nd century AD, from the arch of a monumental building in the Merida Roman Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacrifice, Roman relief, marble, 1st century AD, from the Ara Providentiae in the Merida Forum, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The scene depicts a veiled man thought to be Marco Agrippa behind a 3-legged table with children and a priest or camillus, who is opening an incense box, assistants and a double flute player. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic detail with fish and drinking cup or cratera, and inscription Felix, a form of greeting, Roman, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The mosaic features dolphins, sea bream and crateras decorated with swastikas, with the inscription Baritto, possibly the name of the mosaicist. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Sentia Amarantis, commissioned by her husband Sentio Victor, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, Roman, marble, late 2nd - 3rd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The relief depicts the deceased in a tavern or thermopolium, filling a jug with wine from a barrel. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Labours of Hercules, Roman relief on a marble plaque, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bacchus and Ariadne, Roman mosaic by Anniboni, late 4th - early 5th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scenes from the river Nile, detail of a Roman mosaic with pygmy, palm tree and boat from Egypt, 2nd century AD, from the Villa de las Siete Sillas, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aion - Chronos, god of infinite time, bound by a snake and with a lion's head on his chest and goat's head next to his leg, Roman marble statue, 2nd century AD, from the Cerro de San Albin, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue was associated with the cult of Mithras, an Indo-Iranian mystic religion. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Galloping horse, bronze Roman sculpture, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tigress attacking a wild boar, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man with a horse, detail of a fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man with a horse, fresco from a room in Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tombstone of Valeria Allage and Caius Sulpicius Superstes, with inscription by Duumviro from Metellinum (Medellin), Roman, 1st - 2nd century AD, from Calle Octavio Augusto, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arae decorated with sacrifical depictions, Roman sculpture 1st century AD, originally from excavations of Calle Holguin and later reused in the 17th century in the Obelisk of Santa Eulalia, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with portrait of married couple, Caesia and her husband Pomponianus, with the left hand of the woman resting on her husband's hand as a symbol of the marriage, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nereid or sea nymph astride a sea monster with the head of a mammal and the tail of a fish, Roman mosaic, mid 4th century AD, from the baths of the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus with high relief of hunter chasing deer, driving them towards nets, Roman, late 3rd - early 4th century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco imitating marble, 4th century AD, from a Roman house in El Pomar, in Jerez de los Caballeros, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunter on horseback, possibly the owner of the estate, with a panther, Roman mosaic, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Venatore fighting wild animals in an arena, detail, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Serapis, a god of Egyptian origin, Roman, 3rd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of the wind, detail from the Aurigas mosaic, Roman, 4th century AD, from the Calle Arzobispo Massona in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This floor mosaic is decorated with geometric and plant motifs, and 3 images of a bacchic scene and 2 chariots. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lintel of the Rivers, Roman marble relief of an elderly bearded personification of Ana, the Guadiana river, and a youthful and beardless Barraeca, the Albarregas river, 3rd century AD, from a funerary monument near the Casa del Anfiteatro in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quadriga, fresco from a room in a Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tombstone of Quintus Articuleius, a child, depicted next to Attis, god of the afterlife, Roman, marble, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman sculptures on a second floor corridor in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ceres, goddess of agriculture, crops and fertility, Roman marble seated statue, 1st century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This statue is from the stage of the Merida Roman Theatre and depicts Ceres wearing a veil, crown and sleeved tunic. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quadriga, detail, fresco from a room in a Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with man on horseback and dog catching a hare, fresco from a room in a Roman house, with circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 4th century AD, from Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lintel of the Rivers, Roman marble relief of an elderly bearded personification of Ana, the Guadiana river, 3rd century AD, from a funerary monument near the Casa del Anfiteatro in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Autumn, allegory of the seasons from the border of a Roman mosaic of a wild boar hunt, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rape of Europa, with Zeus as a bull, detail, Roman mosaic, mid 2nd century, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1077.jpg
  • Scenes from the river Nile, detail of a Roman mosaic with pygmy, palm tree and crocodile from Egypt, 2nd century AD, from the Villa de las Siete Sillas, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1093.jpg
  • Hunter on horseback, possibly the owner of the estate, with a panther, detail, Roman mosaic, mid 4th century AD, from the Villa de las Tiendas near Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1088.jpg
  • Mountain landscape, fresco fragment, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, later reused in a tomb, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1104.jpg
  • Bacchic figure with animal, detail from the Aurigas mosaic, Roman, 4th century AD, from the Calle Arzobispo Massona in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This floor mosaic is decorated with geometric and plant motifs, and 3 images of a bacchic scene and 2 chariots. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1096.jpg
  • Victorious charioteer named Marcianus, holding whip and palm frond, detail from the Aurigas mosaic, Roman, 4th century AD, from the Calle Arzobispo Massona in Merida, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. This floor mosaic is decorated with geometric and plant motifs, and 3 images of a bacchic scene and 2 chariots. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_SPAIN_MC_1125.jpg
  • Funerary stela of Lutatia Lupata, a 16 year old girl, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, marble, 2nd century AD, from the necropolis at Cerro de San Albin, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The stela is in the style of a temple, depicting the deceased wearing a long sleeved tunic and playing a pandarium or similar stringed musical instrument. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto in between of the columns of the scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050649.jpg
  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050660.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050652.jpg
  • Roman Circus, built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD; Wide steps for 30?000 spectators; Width 115 meters; Length 440 meters, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Circus, built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD; Wide steps for 30?000 spectators; Width 115 meters; Length 440 meters, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050646.jpg
  • Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050638.jpg
  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Emperor in military dress; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman ruined house with fountain and chimney; Garden of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Entrance to the stage; Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050623.jpg
  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050618.jpg
  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with Sculpture of Pluto and the Emperor in military dress; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050614.jpg
  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with Sculpture of Pluto and the Emperor in military dress; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050613.jpg
  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050656.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania; Lusitania (Hispania Ulterior) Bridge (in the distance) built by Santiago Calatrava, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050655.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania; Lusitania (Hispania Ulterior) Bridge (in the distance) built by Santiago Calatrava, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050654.jpg
  • East VIP Loge, reserved to the sponsors of the show; Roman Amphitheatre, dated 8 BC, with a capacity of 15?000 spectators to enjoy the gladiators? games, fights between animals and between human and animals; West VIP Loge, on the opposite side was reserved to the imperial representatives in the city, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Columns and Capitals (Detail); Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050626.jpg
  • Pluto with Ceres in the distance; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050620.jpg
  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050657.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania; Lusitania (Hispania Ulterior) Bridge (in the distance) built by Santiago Calatrava, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050651.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050650.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050648.jpg
  • Principal access to the roman amphiteatre dated 8 BC, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050644.jpg
  • Principal way to the roman amphiteatre dated 8 BC, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050640.jpg
  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; stage and back stage in the distance; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Persephone; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Scenae Frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD. Wide steps conceived for 6'000 of spectators. Excavation of the theatre in 1910; Since 1933, heart of the Classic Theatre Summer Festival in Spain, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
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  • Pluto with Ceres in the distance; Scenae frons built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050621.jpg
  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050619.jpg
  • Scenae frons, built in 105 AD and restored between 333 and 335 AD, with sculptures of Emperor in military dress and Persephone; Replicas of the original sculptures dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986; Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC), Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050615.jpg
  • Ceres, behind the scenae frons of the Roman Theatre, built in 16 - 15 BC, promoted by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC); Replica of the original sculpture dated 1st Century AD, in safe custody at the National Museum of Roman Art since 1986, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050610.jpg
  • Columns and Capitals; Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050659.jpg
  • Temple of Diana, dated end of 1st Century BC ? Beginning of 1st Century AD; Identification made by D. Bernabé Moreno de Vargas, local historian, in the 17th Century gave it its name; Excavation in 1971 led the archaeologists to identify it as a Temple dedicated to the Imperial Worship, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050658.jpg
  • Roman bridge on the Guadiana River, built during the 1st Century BC, to establish the way out of the city through the north; length 792 meters; 60 arches; Largest ever built in the Antic Hispania, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050653.jpg
  • Principal way to the roman amphiteatre dated 8 BC, Merida (Augusta Emerita, Capital of Hispania Ulterior), Extremadura, Spain
    aextrem050641.jpg
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