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Conímbriga is one of the largest Roman settlements excavated in Portugal, and was classified as a National Monument in 1910. Located in the civil parish of Condeixa-a-Velha e Condeixa-a-Nova, in the municipality of Condeixa-a-Nova, it is situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the municipal seat and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Coimbra (the Roman town of Aeminium).
Lusitanian-Roman Ruins of Torre de Palma (Vaiamonte, Monforte) Lusitanian-Roman Ruins of Villa of Torre de Palma (Vaiamonte, Monforte) Roman Ruins of Tróia (Carvalhal, Grândola) Roman Arch of Beja (Santa Maria da Feira, Beja) Roman Arch of D. Isabel (Sé e São Pedro, Évora) Roman Bridge of Vila Formosa (Seda, Alter do Chão)
The province of Lusitania was divided into the conventūs of Augusta Emerita (modern-day Mérida, in Spain), Pax Julia (Beja, Portugal), and Scalabis (Santarém, Portugal). [4] However, Roman cities held more significance than conventūs in the Peninsula. [3]
Roman roads in Portugal (1 P) Roman towns and cities in Portugal (21 P) V. Roman villas in Portugal (21 P) Pages in category "Roman sites in Portugal"
Representation of how the Vila appeared in Roman times. The ruins are located in a semi-rural area; the archaeological station is situated 1500 metres west of the parish seat in Quarteira. [5] These are the ruins of Roman villa constituted by two residences (the principal along the harbour), baths, necropolis, dams and fish salting stations. [5]
The site of the Roman ruins is located on a dune peninsula that separates the Sado estuary from the Atlantic Ocean. During Roman times it may well have been an island. At the time of the Roman occupation of Portugal the richness of fish and salt in the estuary of the River Sado led to the creation of fish industries centred on Cetóbriga (now Setúbal) and the Tróia Peninsula, and the area ...