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Roman Circus of Sagunto

Sagunt/Sagunto, El Camp de Morvedre, Valencia

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Roman Circus of Sagunto

Monument · Sagunt/Sagunto, El Camp de Morvedre, Valencia

The Roman circus of Sagunto, built in the mid-2nd century, stands outside the town walls, next to the old course of the river Palancia (Udiva), and is one of the largest circuses preserved in Hispania: it measured 354 by 73 metres and had capacity for around 15,000 spectators, similar to that of Valentia. Documented since the 18th century, it was first excavated methodically by Chabret in 1888, who discovered the porta triumphalis, the spina with the euripus and hydraulic conduits; later studies by Brú i Vidal and the 1997 excavations expanded knowledge of it with the discovery of a tribune. Lacking legal protection, a large part of the site was built over in the 1960s, and today only a secondary gate is visible on Calle Huertos, built with large ashlar blocks and topped by bases with reverse cyma moulding.

mediados del siglo II

Photo: C.Aranegui (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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