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Ruinas romanas de Cáparra

Guijo de Granadilla, Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla, Cáceres

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Ruinas romanas de Cáparra

Monument · Guijo de Granadilla, Trasierra-Tierras de Granadilla, Cáceres

Roman city between Guijo de Granadilla and Oliva de Plasencia, raised to municipium status (Municipium Flavium Caparense) by Emperor Vespasian in the year 74. It preserves Spain's only tetrapylon (a four-fronted arch), from the Flavian period, measuring about 8.6 by 7.35 m with an original height of 13.3 m. It was declared a monumento histórico-artístico on June 3, 1931 (today a Bien de Interés Cultural, code RI-51-0000484).

3 de junio de 1931 (declaración)

Photo: Jörn Wendland (Public domain)

What to see and do in Guijo de Granadilla