An afternoon at Italica,Santiponce,near Seville, Spain - 22nd April 2016
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Places to see in ( Andalusia - Spain ) Archaeological Ensemble of Italica
Italica was an elaborate Roman city in the province of Hispania Baetica and the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian.
The modern town of Santiponce overlies the pre-Roman Iberian settlement and part of the well-preserved Roman city.
In recent centuries, the ruins became the subject of visits, admiration and despair by many foreign travellers who wrote about and sometimes illustrated their impressions. Italica's prestige, history and fame were not enough, however, to save it from being the subject of continued looting, and a permanent quarry for materials from Ancient times to modern ones. In 1740 the city of Seville ordered demolition of the walls of the amphitheatre to build a dam on the Guadalquivir, and in 1796 the urbs vetus was used to build the new Camino Real of Extremadura. The first law of protection for the site took effect in 1810 under the Napoleonic occupation, reinstating its old name of Italica, and allocating an annual budget for regular excavation.
One of the first excavators was the British textile merchant and Seville resident Nathan Wetherell, who uncovered nearly 20 Roman inscriptions in the vicinity of Italica in the 1820s that were later donated to the British Museum. Regular excavation, however, did not materialise until 1839-1840. By Royal Order of 1912 Italica was declared a National Monument, but it was not until 2001 that the archaeological site of Italica and the areas of protection were clearly defined.
As no modern city covered many of Italica's buildings, the result is an unusually well-preserved Roman city with cobbled Roman streets and mosaic floors still in situ. Many rich finds can also be seen in the Seville Archaeological Museum, with its famous marble colossus of Trajan.
The archaeological site of Italica encompasses mainly the urbs nova with its many fine buildings from the Hadrianic period. The original urbs vetus (old town) lies under the present town of Santiponce.
Extensive excavation and renovation of the site has been done recently and is continuing. The small baths and the Theatre are some of the oldest visible remains, both built before Hadrian.
Italica’s amphitheatre was the third largest in the Roman Empire at the time, being slightly larger than the Tours Amphitheatre in France. It seated 25,000 spectators, about half as many as the Colosseum in Rome. The size is surprising given that the city's population at the time is estimated to have been only 8,000, and shows that the local elite demonstrated status that extended far beyond Italica itself through the games and theatrical performances they funded as magistrates and public officials.
From the same period is the elite quarter with several beautiful (and expensive) houses decorated with splendid mosaics visible today, particularly the:
House of the Exedra
House of the Neptune Mosaic
House of the Birds Mosaic
House of the Planetarium Mosaic
House of Hylas
House of the Rhodian Patio.
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Italica a Roman City in Spain near Santiponce north of Seville, 206BC
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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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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 is located near Seville in Spain. Italica is a Roman township that was established in the 2nd century Bc and flourished until the 3rd century AD. Italica had the 5th biggest amphitheatre in the roman empire
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