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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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  • Caparra Arch, a tetrapylon or quadrilateral arched entrance portico, and Forum of Caparra, a Roman city founded 1st century BC, in Extremadura, Spain. The arch was built by Marcus Fidius Macer in the 1st century AD and it marks the central point of the city where the 2 main roads, the Cardo and the Decumanus, intersected. The public baths area is to the right. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Dog, detail from Roman mosaic of hunters on horseback with dogs catching a wild boar, 2nd - 3rd century AD, in the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, housed in the Casa de las Veletas and the Casa de los Caballos, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Circus, 1st century AD, used to hold chariot races, at Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The circus measures 400x100m and could hold 30,000 spectators. It is located outside the city walls. The circus forms part of the Merida 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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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Inscription of a testimonial of hospitality and thanks by Cayo Julio Gaber son of Cayo, to the people of Augustobriga, Roman, marble, 1st century BC - 1st century AD, from Talavera la Vieja in Bohonal de Ibor, from the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, housed in the Casa de las Veletas and the Casa de los Caballos, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 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
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  • Main hall 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 hall contains sculptures from the Roman Forum of Merida, 1st century AD, and a fluted column with corinthian capital from the Temple of Diana, dedicated to the Imperial cult, built late 1st century BC. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait bust of a man, known as El Panadero or the Baker, 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 is a private portrait, and highly realistic. 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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  • Recreation of a room in Roman house, with floor mosaic and frescoes of framed circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 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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  • Deer hunt, fresco, from a recreation of a room in Roman house, with floor mosaic and frescoes of framed circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 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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  • Veiled head of Emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, or religious head of the Roman state, 1st century AD, marble, 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 sculpture, with a toga draped over Augustus' head, was found in the Aula Sacra in the peristyle of the theatre. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Diana, dedicated to the Imperial cult, built late 1st century BC, in the Roman Forum of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The temple is rectangular and bordered by granite columns with corinthian capitals, topped with an arched pediment. It was later used as a palace for the Count of Corbos, and is part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acueducto de Segovia, a Roman arched bridge used to carry water from the source of the Fuenfria river in La Acebeda to Segovia, built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, during the reigns of Claudius and Trajan, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The aqueduct has 167 arches in total and at its highest is 28.5m tall. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedoom with alfarje ceiling and 4 poster bed, in the Hotel Spa La Casa Mudejar, in a 15th century mudejar palace, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The alfarje ceiling is a finely carved beamed ceiling structure used in Moorish architecture. The first floor ceiling of the Casa Mudejar was commissioned c. 1470 by Rabi Mayr. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Terracota head made in a mould, Imperial period, Roman, mid 1st century AD, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia 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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  • Arch leading to the stage of the Roman amphitheatre, founded 8 BC, with a capacity of 15,000, used for gladiator contests and sports, in Merida, the former Roman colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, Extremadura, Spain. The amphitheatre forms part of the Merida 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Internal cloister, with arcades and a well, used as a cafe area, in the Hotel Parador de Merida, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The hotel building is an 18th century convent built on the remains of a Roman temple dedicated to the Concord of Augustus. In Roman times, the city was Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus. Merida is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inscription on stucco dedicated to the goddess Nemesis, 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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  • Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, built 1st century BC, on the Decumanus maximus at Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The bridge is in a defensive site, marking the entrance to the city from the south west, has 62 spans and is 790m long in total, and is the oldest ancient bridge in the world. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Castra Cecilia, also known as Caceres el Viejo, a Roman military camp founded c. 78 BC by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius during his wars with Sertorio, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. The camp is a large rectangular walled and moated enclosure which housed 1 or 2 legions. Caceres was founded by the Romans in 25 BC and is a UNESCO World Heritage City. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Main entrance to 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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  • Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now 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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  • Floor mosaics with geometric patterns and knotwork, in Casa del Mitreo, a large Roman house built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now 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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  • Funerary bust of a young woman with unusual hairstyle, with curled fringe and curls on her cheeks, known as La Gitana or the gypsy, 1st century AD, marble, 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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  • Amphitheatre, inaugurated 8 BC, which could hold 15,000 spectators, in the Roman Forum of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Forum forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic fragment with floral designs in geometric shapes with knotwork, from the Villa de Santa Lucia, Aguilafuente, Segovia, limestone, 4th century AD, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santa Lucia was a late Roman town thriving in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, with over 80 villas so far identified for excavation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female head, relief on a limestone stela, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. This type of image is rare in Roman Spain but more common in Gaul and Germania. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inscription dedicated to Fortuna Balnear on a limestone pedestal from the thermal baths at Fortuna, Roman, 2nd century AD, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia 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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  • Stone carved Ionic capital from the Roman stage front, in the Museo del Teatro Romano, or Roman Theatre Museum, in the Iglesia de Santiago in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The museum displays artefacts excavated in the Roman theatre on the Cerro del Castillo in Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Sculpture fragment in bronze of a torso from an equestrian statue, Roman, 1st century BC, in the Museo de Caceres, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded by the Romans in 25 BC and is a UNESCO World Heritage City. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with a male hunter holding a spear, and a lioness, fresco, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, 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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  • Portico, built 1st century AD, on the Calle de Sagasta in the Roman Forum of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The portico was originally decorated with medallion heads of Medusa and Jupiter Ammon, and also caryatids and corinthian capitals on fluted columns. The Forum forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary head of a woman, with hairstyle in the style of the empress Faustina Minor, wife of Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century AD, from the eastern necropolis of 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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  • Funerary bust of a young woman with unusual hairstyle, with curled fringe and curls on her cheeks, known as La Gitana or the gypsy, 1st century AD, marble, 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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  • Veiled head of Emperor Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, or religious head of the Roman state, 1st century AD, marble, 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 sculpture, with a toga draped over Augustus' head, was found in the Aula Sacra in the peristyle of the theatre. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hunting scene with a male hunter holding a spear, and a lioness, fresco, late 1st century AD, from the balustrade of the podium of the Merida amphitheatre, 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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  • Capitoline Wolf, bronze copy of the original in Rome, depicting the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, on the Plaza de la Rotonda de la Loba, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. Behind is the Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, built 1st century BC, on the Decumanus maximus at Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now Merida. The bridge is in a defensive site, marking the entrance to the city from the south west, has 62 spans and is 790m long in total, and is the oldest ancient bridge in the world. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman bridge over the Guadiana River, built 1st century BC, on the Decumanus maximus at Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The bridge is in a defensive site, marking the entrance to the city from the south west, has 62 spans and is 790m long in total, and is the oldest ancient bridge in the world. It forms part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. On the left is the Alcazaba of Merida, a Moorish fortification built by emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Cordoba in 835. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Temple of Diana, dedicated to the Imperial cult, built late 1st century BC, in the Roman Forum of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The temple is rectangular and bordered by granite columns with corinthian capitals, topped with an arched pediment. It was later used as a palace for the Count of Corbos, and is part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ionic capital in the Museo del Teatro Romano, or Roman Theatre Museum, in the Iglesia de Santiago in Medellin, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The museum displays artefacts excavated in the Roman theatre on the Cerro del Castillo in Metellinum, now modern-day Medellin, built before the 1st century BC, and altered in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, seating 1700 spectators. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caparra Arch, a tetrapylon or quadrilateral arched entrance portico, and Forum of Caparra, a Roman city founded 1st century BC, in Extremadura, Spain. The arch was built by Marcus Fidius Macer in the 1st century AD and it marks the central point of the city where the 2 main roads, the Cardo and the Decumanus, intersected. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caparra Arch, a tetrapylon or quadrilateral arched entrance portico, and Forum of Caparra, a Roman city founded 1st century BC, in Extremadura, Spain. The arch was built by Marcus Fidius Macer in the 1st century AD and it marks the central point of the city where the 2 main roads, the Cardo and the Decumanus, intersected. The public baths area is to the right. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Caparra Arch, a tetrapylon or quadrilateral arched entrance portico, and Forum of Caparra, a Roman city founded 1st century BC, in Extremadura, Spain. The arch was built by Marcus Fidius Macer in the 1st century AD and it marks the central point of the city where the 2 main roads, the Cardo and the Decumanus, intersected. The public baths area is to the right. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Devil taking a selfie, bronze statue by Jose Antonio Abella, 2019, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. According to legend, the devil was persuaded by a local girl to erect the Acueducto de Segovia in a single night. The statue, erected to attract tourists to the city, has caused controversy as the devil appears smiling and friendly. Segovia's old town is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capitoline Wolf, bronze copy of the original in Rome, depicting the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, given by Rome to the city in 1974, marking 2000 years since the aqueduct was completed, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. On the right is the Acueducto de Segovia, a Roman arched bridge used to carry water from the source of the Fuenfria river in La Acebeda to Segovia, built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, during the reigns of Claudius and Trajan. The aqueduct has 167 arches in total and at its highest is 28.5m tall. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse, Roman fresco fragment, 4th century AD, from the Villa de Santa Lucia, Aguilafuente, Segovia, in the Museo de Segovia, opened 2006 in the Casa del Sol, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The old town and aqueduct of Segovia are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Santa Lucia was a late Roman town thriving in the 4th and 5th centuries AD, with over 80 villas so far identified for excavation. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
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  • Lead weight, Roman, in the Museo de Caceres or Caceres Museum, housed in the Casa de las Veletas and the Casa de los Caballos, in Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. Caceres was founded as Castra Caecilia by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 25 BC and is a walled town with many medieval buildings. Caceres is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief from the tombstone of Lampas, depicted as a 13 year old girl, removing the fascia pectoralis holding her breasts, 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 Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Balneario de Alange, Roman hot springs and thermal baths in Alange near Merida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. The Romans developed the spa in 3rd century AD, with 2 circular chambers for men and women. The baths were well used during the Islamic period but then fell into decay. The current building dates from the 19th century. The baths form part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roman sculptures and a mosaic in a ground floor room 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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  • Acueducto de Segovia, a Roman arched bridge used to carry water from the source of the Fuenfria river in La Acebeda to Segovia, built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, during the reigns of Claudius and Trajan, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The aqueduct has 167 arches in total and at its highest is 28.5m tall. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Acueducto de Segovia, a Roman arched bridge used to carry water from the source of the Fuenfria river in La Acebeda to Segovia, built late 1st - early 2nd century AD, during the reigns of Claudius and Trajan, in Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The aqueduct has 167 arches in total and at its highest is 28.5m tall. It is 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Recreation of a room in Roman house, with floor mosaic and frescoes of framed circus and hunting scenes on a red background, 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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  • Temple of Diana, dedicated to the Imperial cult, built late 1st century BC, in the Roman Forum of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The temple is rectangular and bordered by granite columns with corinthian capitals, topped with an arched pediment. It was later used as a palace for the Count of Corbos, and is part of the Merida UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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