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A "must see" for any traveller to Extremadura is the ancient Roman city of Mérida. In 25 bc the Romans founded
Mérida
under the rule of Augustus, when the city was known as Augusta Emerita . The region prospered and grew and at one time was the capital of Rome's most Westerly province, Lusitania. The city fell to the Moors but many of the Roman remains remained intact and today Mérida is
Spain's most important Roman city. Although small, Mérida is the capital of Extremadura. 
ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE
PHOTOGRAPH BY PEDRONCHI
The Roman remains include a Roman theatre which is still in use today, an amphitheatre on the same site, a nearby Roman house,
the casa del anfiteatro
has an extremely well preserved mosaic floor. Perhaps one of the most impressive remains is the arched Lusitania bridge.
ROMAN BRIDGE MÉRIDA
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