Italica a Roman City in Spain near Santiponce north of Seville, 206BC
Italica, free entry as well, worth having a look if your in the general area. The Amphitheatre your looking at could hold 25,000 people the 3rd largest in any Roman City, according to
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Plaza Vazquez de Molina
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Holy Chapel of the Saviour
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Italica España
Italica is a magnificent and well-preserved Roman city and the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. The modern town of Santiponce overlies part of the pre-Roman Iberian settlement and the Roman city.
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Italica Roman Amphitheater | Game of Thrones
Italica, Spain has a roman amphitheater that was the third largest in the Roman Empire, was a filming location for Game of Thrones season 7 and 8, as well as the hometown of 2 Roman Emperors, and has a small connection to the movie Gladiator.
This amphitheater required engineers to move a stream and prevent future flooding. You will also find mosaics in the ground floor, along with a plaque that was decreed by Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, as well as an area of worship for Nemesis and Dea Caelestis.
History
Most historians believe it was built during the time of Hadrian, while others believe the construction began during the time of Trajan.
There are some historians that believe it was built during the Flavian dynasty. The Flavian dynasty was responsible for the Coliseum in Rome.
The amphitheater is located North of the city of Italica,
Engineers had to divert water from the location of the amphitheater in both the form of a stream and future water deposits into the area.
The principal materials for the facades was roman cement and brick.
The arena faces the direction of East-West, with a triumphant gate at one end and the other the exit for the fallen.
The central basement area in the amphitheater was used for various activities during the games and included the animal cages that would be raised up to the platform at the required time. The cages seem to have been located where the brick floors were most worn. During excavations it was at these locations that metal from the cages was found.
The three grandstand sections were separated by ring colors.
Plaque
A law inscribed in bronze and publicly displayed by order of Marcus Auerlius and Commodus.
It set a law regarding gladiatorial transactions, which included how they would fight, the celebrations, and the maximum fees to be charged.
This was important for the emperors and upper classes. The games themselves were free to attend and usually had a patron who covered the expenses of the games.
Sanctuary
To the right of the Western entrance, where our video began, you’ll see an area where excavators found a marble floor and an altar stone. This was the area where there was worship primarily to Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance, and Dea Caelestis, a Carthagenean deity who symbolized divine justice.
It is believed that other deities may have been worshipped here. Votive tombstones have been found the name of the person dedicating it and of the deity.
Places to see in ( Andalusia - Spain ) Colegiata de Osuna
Places to see in ( Andalusia - Spain ) Colegiata de Osuna
The Colegiata de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Spanish for: Collegiate Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption is a Catholic temple built in the sixteenth century in the town of Osuna, in Andalusia, Spain. It was founded by Juan Téllez-Girón, 4th Count of Ureña. Colegiata de Osuna was declarated Bien de Interés Cultural (Good of Cultural Interest) in 1931.
The interior has a nave and two aisles, five chapels and a presbytery. The interior of the church has a rich Renaissance decoration. Colegiata de Osuna has a beautiful Baroque main altar, made throughout the eighteenth century, and the chapels on the sides are all very attractive. In the interior, the huge sacristy is now a museum that exhibits a magnificent collection with five paintings by José de Ribera (El Españoleto) and a carving by Juan de Mesa.
There is a Pantheon of the Dukes on a lower level that was built in Plateresque style in 1545 and contains a small chapel with an altarpiece attributed to Roque Balduque, a paint of Hernando de Esturmio, and the tombs of the Dukes of Osuna.
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TOLEDO Y LA MESA DE SALOMÓN
TOLEDO Y LA MESA DE SALOMÓN (JOSE IGNACIO CARMONA SANCHEZ )
El investigador y escritor toledano, José Ignacio Carmona, indaga en su último libro, «Santa María de Melque y el tesoro de Salomón», sobre el posible paradero de los objetos que conformarían el caudal de este rey de Israel, entre los que se encontrarían el Arca de la Alianza, la Menorá o la famosa Mesa de salomón, que habría llegado a la Península Ibérica de la mano del rey visigodo Alarico I tras el saqueo de Roma en el año 410.
Tras muchos viajes y siguiendo muchas pistas, como en una novela de misterio, el autor guía al lector por un recorrido que conduce al antiguo tesoro de los reyes visigodos, al descubrimiento de Guarrazar y a un Toledo donde cábala, magia y misterio concurren hasta llegar a una clave de bóveda: la ermita de Santa María de Melque, en la localidad toledana de San Martín de Montalbán.
Carmona ha desvelado a ABC lo que pretende con este trabajo de investigación, que es «principalmente poner blanco sobre negro» lo que se entiende por Mesa de Salomón e intenta responder a si existió o no históricamente un objeto mítico y legendario como éste. Según explica, esta pieza recaló en Toledo de manos de los visigodos y de la cual parece desconocerse su paradero tras la invasión musulmana de la península por parte de Tarik.
Paralelo a este eje central, cuenta el autor, trascurren diversas tramas asociadas a un linaje relacionado con los carolingios y los merovingios, y que tienen su punto de inflexión en Toledo, «aludida por toda la literatura griálica como ciudad epicentro de un atávico secreto».
También, y en relación a la búsqueda de estos objetos en Toledo, el escritor relata el extraño secuestro que sufrió el diplomático alemán Erich Heberlein Stenzel, cuya gran parte de documentos privados obran en poder de José Ignacio Carmona. Este hecho le sirve para profundizar además en la visita del líder nazi Heinrich Himmler a España y a Toledo.
Y, sobre todo, Carmona indaga en las relaciones que se establecieron entre la «Ahnenerbe», una institución arqueológica y antropológica creada por los nazis con notables influencias del esoterismo pagano y céltico nórdico, y la Comisaría General de Excavaciones, dirigida por el arqueólogo español Julio Martínez Santa Olalla. El objetivo de esta alianza, a su juicio, era un programa de excavaciones en yacimientos visigodos.
Lo que sí está claro con esta investigación, según destaca el autor, es la ocultación, ante la llegada del invasor musulmán, de los tesoros visigodos cercanos a la Corte en Toledo, tal como se constata con el tesoro de Guarrazar, en la localidad de Guadamur. En su opinión, se trata de una maniobra preventiva en el contexto de las alternancias de poder entre los clanes godos y quizá el clan de Witiza, que pensaba ser restituido en el poder, fuera el encargado de su ocultación.
Desde el reinado de Witiza
Sin embargo, según explica Carmona, al no ser restituido en la corona el clan de Witiza, pero como aliados de los árabes, recibieron en pago, entre otras muchas fincas, la zona de la Sisla y parte de los Montes de Toledo, además del tesoro llamado monetario —las coronas de Guarrazar— y el antiguo, del que formaría parte supuestamente la Mesa de Salomón.
«Obviamente, si las coronas aparecen en Guarrazar, no es disparatado pensar, por proximidad, en su complejo gemelo, Melque, para ocultar el tesoro de Salomón», manifiesta el autor del libro, que dice que estos dos lugares están unidos por un antiguo camino secundario romano, la vieja Alpuebriga. Además, recuerda que esta es una zona orográficamente idónea para el escondite por la abundancia de cuevas y antiguas minas romanas que formaban la vía o valle del plomo.
Asimismo, la Mesa de Salomón sirve a Carmona como pretexto o vehículo narrativo para hablar de otras cosas relacionadas no solo con la sugerente bailía templaria de Montalbán (Melque y Castillo de San Martin de Montalbán), sino con la cábala, el nacimiento de las Cruzadas o de las muchas preguntas aún sin respuesta alrededor del descubrimiento del Tesoro de Guarrazar. También habla de la relación que tiene este tesoro con los legajos aparecidos en un pilar visigodo de la misteriosa iglesia de Rennes Le Chateau, la orden del Toisón de Oro, la dinastía de los Habsburgo y ciertos sectores del Vaticano que pretendían resucitar el Sacro imperio Romano.
«Aunque todos estos temas sean elementos aparentemente dispersos, hay una conexión», señala el investigador toledano, que señala que hay un trasfondo que explicaría por qué objetos como el Grial y la Mesa de Salomón son frecuentemente relacionados con Toledo. «Particularmente mi condición de experto en simbología, maestro masón y mi amistad con rabinos, aristócratas con archivos inéditos, rosacruces, grandes maestres e incluso, llamémosles ‘profesionales de riesgo’, me han ayudado mucho», asegura.
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Roman Amphitheatre Merida Spain
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ITALICA, SPAIN (amazing Roman MOSAICS)!!!!
Ca 10 km von SEVILLA entfernt liegt die Archäologische Stätte ITALICA, die Heimat der römischen Kaiser Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) und Hadrian (2.Jh n Chr). Derzeit ist der Eintritt für EU-Bürger frei - eine nette Geste der spanischen Kulturverwaltung. Das relativ grosse Areal wird strengstens überwacht damit niemand die Besucherwege verlässt bzw die fantastischen Mosaikböden nicht beschädigt werden.
Die Farben und der Ideenreichtum der Mosaike sowie die landschaftliche Schönheit des Areals lohnen einen Besuch auf jeden Fall.
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CHoR Receives Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Medal
Administrators of Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) today accepted the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal from the Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The medal acknowledges exceptional public service, and this is the only time St. Vincent has awarded it to a non-citizen.
His Excellency Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and an official representative of Queen Elizabeth II, presented the award in recognition of Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU providing care to 69 children from his Caribbean nation since 2002.
Small Roman Theatre Pula 1st Century treasure excavations
Ongoing excavations at the Small Roman Theater on the northeastern slopes of the central hill of the City of Pula, below the Castle are the remains of a Roman theater: in addition to the Amphitheater, Pula had two other theaters during the Roman period. The larger one, which has not been preserved, was situated outside the city, on the slopes of Zaro hill (Monte Zaro), south of the city walls. The other theater known as the Small Roman Theater was situated within the city walls. The remains of scene, semicircular orchestra and tired section for the audience are being reconstructed. Below the theater is the building of the German Royal Gymnasium, which in 1930 became the Archaeological Museum of Istria. Today the museum displays the collection of prehistoric, classical and early medieval monuments found in Istria.
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Entry Title: Ruins of Italica
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The day after we moved in with our host families CIEE had a group trip to the ruins of Italica, an ancient Roman city outside of Sevilla. They believe the city was founded in 205 BC, crazy!! Althought a lot of the stuff has fallen down, it was still so cool because obviously we have nothing remotely that old in the United States. And I really like stuff like that because I'm always thinking, I wonder who walked right where I'm walking right now...haha. There were a lot of remains of houses, as you will see in the pictures, and a few statues that they have preserved. They also have cool pictures next to certain ruins of what they think they would've looked like if they were still completely standing. There were also many really cool tiled mural like things, I'm forgetting the Spanish name for them right now, that they had preserved too, they were amazing. Sometimes I just marvel at how smart the Romans were, soooo ahead of their time! The most amazing part of the ruins by far was the amphitheater. It was huuuge! They said it was one of the 3 biggest in the Roman empire, and a lot of it was still standing, it was absolutely breathtaking. Everybody gasped when we walked in! It was so big but they guides said that in reality it was much bigger before it started crumbling. I felt like I could almost see the gladiators and stuff in the arena. We also got to walk through the inner tunnels of the amphitheater, where the competitors waited and stuff. So neat! My host dad thought it was funny how cool I thought it was because he said there's much better ruins in other parts of Europe. This is true, but this being my first ancient ruin excursion, I was fascinated.
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Photos from this trip:
1. murals
2. A kitchen
3. Amphitheater 1
4. Amphitheater 2
5. Amphitheater 3
6. Amphitheater 4
7. Amphitheater 5
8. Amphitheater 6
9. Amphitheater 7
10. Amphitheater 8
11. Bird mural
12. Bird mural 2
13. Italica ruins
14. Mural
15. Mythological mural
16. Ruins of a house
17. Statue
18. Tiled mural
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