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• Railway Museum. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Moreno de Vargas 10. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://web.dip-badajoz.es/proyectos/cler/museoDetalle.php?Id=60&ver=C. All aboard the train. This museum offers a journey into the history of the railways. The collection contains uniforms, signals, photographs and pictures, as well as…

• Roman Temple to Diana. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org/conjunto/romano/Diana/diana.htm. The Goddess temple. An enormous building that is probably one of the most majestic of those in Roman Mérida. It is one of the religious buildi…

• Santa Eulalia Chapel. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Extremadura s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org/. Mars temple ruins. This chapel has remains of the Roman temple dedicated to the God Mars. It was built in the 17th century and the remains from the temple of Mars were added to the main front. It comprise…

• Santa Eulalia Basilica. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Extremadura 13. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org. The basilica of the reconquest. Is built on the site of the 4th century basilica destroyed by the Almohads. The present construction is Romanesque. Basilica in layout, with three naves, and an apse that is …

• Monument to Santa Eulalia. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Parque de la Ciudad s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org. Martyr and patron saint of Mérida. The monument lies in the middle of the square and was built in honour of the patron saint of Mérida. The monument lies on top of a sq…

• Santa María de la Asunción Procathedral. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de España s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) On a Visigoth temple. This temple, which preserves remains from the 13th century, was built between the 17th and 18th centuries. It was built over an earlier Roman-Visigoth temple. This is a building divided in three naves by square pillars.…

• Alcazaba fortress in Mérida. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Rastro s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924003441 | E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org. An imposing military complex. In the interior it still conserves remnants dating from the Roman, Visigoth and Arab periods. It was built by Abderramá…

• Casa del Mitreo House. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona Cerro de San Albín. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) www.consorciomerida.org. The noble domus. This was a large Roman house belonging to an important family. Together with the house, remains related to the cult of Mitra were found and this is where its name comes from. The house consists o…

• Los Milagros Aqueduct. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona Presa de la Proserpina. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) A spectacular aqueduct. The construction of this aqueduct follows the contours of the land achieved using materials such as brick, ashlars, masonry, and natural rock. There are three rows of arches, with distribution towers and a lim…

• Roman Bridge over the Albarregas River. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paraje Pantano de Proserpina. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org/conjunto/romano/romano.htm. The smaller bridge. Built during the Augustus period and indicated the northern exit of the colony. It has four ashlar arches with two m…

• Roman Bridge over the Guadiana River. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona del puente sobre el Guadiana. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consaorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org/conjunto/romano/romano.htm. The link between Emérita Augusta with Tarragona. It was the first construction that was made in the Roman town of Emérita Augusta …

• Prosperita Roman Reservoir. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. http://www.consorciomerida.org/. It is about 5km from the city of Mérida, built in the waters of a lagoon and it takes its name from a plaque found in the 18th century invoking the goddess Persephone. The wall is made of eart…

• San Juan de Dios Hospital. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Juan de Dios s/n. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) The hospital of the poor. It is a very interesting building as its church has an octagonal plan with large vaulted niches which can be used as altars. This old hospital is today the site of the regional parliament. It preserves the…

• Trajan’s Arch. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org/. Traianus Arch. Little is known about this great arch, or whether or not it was built during the reign of this Roman Emperor. It is 15 metres tall as part of the arch is buried under the pavement. It is believed…

• Mérida Circus. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org. The centre of the Roman chariot races. It was used for chariot races and according to the inscription, it was later adapted to serve as a venue for naval games. It has a rectangular shape and is divided in two l…

• Los Columbarios Funeral Site. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) E-mail: visitas@consorciomerida.org. www.consorciomerida.org. The mausoleum of the Voconios and Julios. They are two open cremation tombs belonging to two important families: the Voconios and the Julios. They lie in the Roman necropolis in the…

• Amphitheatre House. Mérida.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona arqueológica. 06800. Mérida. Badajoz. (Extremadura) http://www.consorciomerida.org/. Situated next to the amphitheatre, the remains actually belong to two houses, a section of the San Lázaro aqueduct and a decant tower. It belongs to Mérida’s archaeological site, which has the UNESCO World Heri…

• Alange Roman Baths. Alange.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Baños 58. 06840. Alange. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924365168 | E-mail: balneario_alange@ctv.es. www.balneariodealange.com. They already existed in the times of Trajan and Hadrian, in the 2nd century A D. They are located at the foot of La Mesilla hill and are medicinal-type baths. The R…

• Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal. Alcuéscar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera EX-382, a 3 km en dirección a Montánchez. 10160. Alcuéscar. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927384691 | E-mail: aedlalcuescar@empleaextremadura.com. http://www.alcuescar.com. This monastic church, one of the few Visigothic buildings that have survived, was designed to cater for the specif…

• Medellín Castle. Medellín.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 06411. Medellin. Medellín. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924822438 | E-mail: otmedellin@badajoz.es. www.medellin.es. The castle replaced a 10th-century fortress which was destroyed in the 14th century by Pedro I the Cruel and rebuilt by the Infante Sancho of Castile. It has a double walled perime…

• Ethnographic Museum. Don Benito.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Don Pedro Granda 10. 06400. Don Benito. Badajoz. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 924813229 | E-mail: verobrap@hotmail.com. www.donbenito.es/museo/index.htm. Traditions and customs in Don Benito. The museum is located in Casa del Conde, an early 20th-century building. Consisting of two floors and a sma…