Coninbriga

Walls everywhere from the roman occupation

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Portugal 2 - Conimbriga -those pesky Romans got everywhere

September 14th 2013
We left the site at Porto fairly early in the morning with the intention of travelling 2 hours to Conimbriga the largest and most extensively excavated Roman site in Portugal which was on the Roman road between Lisbon (Olisipo) and Braga. Originally there was a Celtic site here. On the way we saw trees burnt the evidence of large scale fires this summer. The roads were empty as we sailed through w ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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