Aqueduct of Segovia – one of the oldest bridges in the world | Spain

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The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the greatest surviving monuments of Roman engineering, a colossal double-tiered arcade of 167 granite arches soaring 28 metres above the Plaza del Azoguejo in the heart of the Spanish city of Segovia, constructed without a single drop of mortar nearly 2,000 years ago and still standing in magnificent […]

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Las Médulas in Spain – the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire

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Las Médulas is one of the most extraordinary human-altered landscapes in the world, a UNESCO World heritage site in the province of León, Spain, where the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire transformed a mountain into a surreal landscape of jagged red-orange peaks, deep ravines, and chestnut groves that looks more like a […]

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Torre de Hércules – the oldest active lighthouse in the world | Spain

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The Torre de Hércules (Tower of Hercules) is the oldest active lighthouse in the world, a 55-metre Roman lighthouse built in the late 1st century AD on a rocky headland in A Coruña, Galicia, northwestern Spain, that has been guiding ships into the harbour continuously for over 1,900 years. Declared a UNESCO World heritage site […]

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