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Conimbriga (Coimbra, Portugal)
I've just posted some pictures I made in a recent trip to Portugal (the "mother-country", as were), at the site of an ancient and gorgeous Roman city called Conimbriga.
The place is quite big, and one of the better preserved Roman sites in the world (or so it says in the brochure). It's got beautiful mosaic floors, a bunch of villae with intact foundations, the remains of three public baths (and a fourth, private one, in the house of distinguished patrician Cantaber), a forum and a paleo-christian chruch. Best of all, there's a large wall from the time of the Barbarian invasions, and a magnificent garden with fountains that still work on the original pipelines!
There's also a fairly nice museum with sculpture and lots of writing, and the remains of the aqueduct are just a few minutes away by car. It is a marvelous place to see, and not the least of reasons why one should visit this lovely and beautiful country.
Apparently, the word Conimbriga later developed into the name of Coimbra, a city some of you may know due to it's famous university, which is probably the oldest in Europe.
The place is quite big, and one of the better preserved Roman sites in the world (or so it says in the brochure). It's got beautiful mosaic floors, a bunch of villae with intact foundations, the remains of three public baths (and a fourth, private one, in the house of distinguished patrician Cantaber), a forum and a paleo-christian chruch. Best of all, there's a large wall from the time of the Barbarian invasions, and a magnificent garden with fountains that still work on the original pipelines!
There's also a fairly nice museum with sculpture and lots of writing, and the remains of the aqueduct are just a few minutes away by car. It is a marvelous place to see, and not the least of reasons why one should visit this lovely and beautiful country.
Apparently, the word Conimbriga later developed into the name of Coimbra, a city some of you may know due to it's famous university, which is probably the oldest in Europe.
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