{"id":10687,"date":"2018-10-03T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brochure.spain.info\/espana-cruce-de-culturas\/un-viaje-al-pasado\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:16:11","slug":"a-journey-back-in-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brochure.spain.info\/en\/spain-a-cultural-crossroads\/a-journey-back-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A journey back in time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prehistory, be enraptured by Spain’s roots<\/h2>\n

ATAPUERCA<\/a><\/h3>\n

Feel like an archaeologist for a day at the Sierra de Atapuerca<\/strong> mountains (Burgos province): an exciting journey to excavations where human fossils from approximately one million years ago have been discovered.<\/p>\n

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Museum of Human Evolution, Burgos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CAVE ART IN NORTHERN SPAIN<\/a><\/h3>\n

Our country has some of the most important examples of prehistoric art in the world, the cave paintings of Altamira being the most outstanding.<\/p>\n

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Neocueva- Altamira National Museum and Research Centre, Santillana del Mar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS<\/span><\/h3>\n

Be amazed at the grandeur of some of the most important megalithic constructions in Europe.<\/p>\n

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Antequera Dolmens Archaeological Complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Phoenicians and Carthaginians<\/h2>\n

The most important Phoenician constructions are found at the Gadir archaeological site, one of the oldest of such sites in the western world, which also has an important collection of utensils from daily life on show.<\/p>\n

Most of the pieces of Punic craftwork conserved in Spain come from the Puig des Molins archaeological site, in Ibiza (Balearic Islands), where the Carthaginians founded an important naval base.<\/p>\n

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Dama de C\u00e1diz (Lady of C\u00e1diz), C\u00e1diz Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Roman Hispania<\/h2>\n

Walk on bridges and roads with centuries of history, attend performances of classical drama in amphitheatres or take part in Roman banquets in Almedinilla (C\u00f3rdoba province).<\/p>\n

SEGOVIA AQUEDUCT<\/a><\/h3>\n

This majestic work of engineering from the 2nd century AD was built to collect water from the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains and distribute it through the different urban facilities.<\/p>\n

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Segovia Aqueduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

M\u00c9RIDA<\/a><\/h3>\n

Augusta Emerita, today the city of M\u00e9rida in the Extremadura region, was the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania and one of the Empire’s most flourishing cities.<\/p>\n

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Roman Theatre, M\u00e9rida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ALC\u00c1NTARA BRIDGE<\/a><\/h3>\n

This spectacular work of civil engineering remains in perfect condition having undergone several restorations since the 2nd century AD.<\/p>\n

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Alc\u00e1ntara Bridge, Toledo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LAS M\u00c9DULAS<\/a><\/h3>\n

In El Bierzo (Le\u00f3n province, Castile-Le\u00f3n) you will find what was the largest open-cast gold mine in the entire Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

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Las M\u00e9dulas, Le\u00f3n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Visigoth culture<\/h2>\n

Traces of this Germanic people in Spain are scarce and scattered throughout the country. The capital of their kingdom was Toledo (Castile-La Mancha), from where they organised a system that anticipated feudalism.<\/p>\n

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San Mill\u00e1n de Suso Monastery, San Mill\u00e1n de la Cogolla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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