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Hillfort of Armea

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Hillfort of Armea

Nature · Allariz, Allariz - Maceda, Ourense

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The castro of Armeá, also called Augas Santas, is located at the place of Armeá, in the parish of the same name in the concello of Allariz (Ourense), and was occupied between the 4th-3rd centuries BC and the 4th century AD, with a Roman urban phase in which paved streets, rectangular-plan dwellings and rock-cut structures carved into the granite outcrop have been documented. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1963 and today a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), it was excavated by Conde Valvís, who found a castrexo sauna and indigenous and Roman remains now in the Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Ourense. Nearby there are also two basins carved into the rock, As Pías or Baños de Santa Mariña, which Conde Valvís linked to a possible olive press.

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