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The Roman fort of La Calzada

La Calzada de Béjar, Sierra de Béjar, Salamanca

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The Roman fort of La Calzada

Monument · La Calzada de Béjar, Sierra de Béjar, Salamanca

The Roman fort of La Calzada de Béjar is located in the Salamancan municipality of the same name, on the Roman road known as the Vía de la Plata, which linked Emerita Augusta (Mérida) with Asturica Augusta (Astorga) and which, in Arab times, took that name from the brightness of its paving; it was built over an old Tartessian route in the time of Augustus, using the Roman engineering techniques of layering stone, gravel and paving. Near the fort stands milestone CXXXIX, whose inscription places it between the years 98 and 99, during the second consulship of Trajan, in a repair of the road, 139 Roman miles from Mérida. Declared a monument on 3 June 1931, it watched over this strategic passage of the road.

Photo: Caligatus (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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